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 |
|---|---|
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |