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 |
|---|---|
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |