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 |
|---|---|
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| ebullient | boiling |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| juncture | a point of time |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |