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 |
|---|---|
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| provident | frugal |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| cursive | running |