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 |
|---|---|
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| crossbreed | hybridize |