GRE Word List
ADAPT
to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
The meaning of the word adapt is to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |