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 |
|---|---|
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |