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 |
|---|---|
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| steep | lofty |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
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| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |