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 |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |