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 |
|---|---|
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |