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 |
|---|---|
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| amity | friendship |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| scintilla | spark |