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 |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |