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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| pending | during |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |