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 |
|---|---|
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| natal | native |
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| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
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