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 |
|---|---|
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| ploy | escapade |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |