GRE Word List
ADAPT
make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.
The meaning of the word adapt is make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilatory | delaying; tending to delay |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil |
| academic | related to a school; not practical or directly useful |
| panegyric | formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics. |
| plait | braid; interwine; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; Ex. plaited hair; N: braided length as of hair o fabric; CF. pigtail, ponytail |
| fatuous | smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness |
| pariah | social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah |
| repel | drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty room; CF. repulsion |
| lunatic | insane; Ex. lunatic asylum |
| wither | (of a plant) dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay |
