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 |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| gnome | maxim |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |