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 |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| violate | break |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |