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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
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| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |