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 |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| provenance | origin |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |