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 |
|---|---|
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| ebullient | boiling |
| hap | happening |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| wanton | merciless |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |