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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| historic | historical |