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 |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| obscure | dark |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |