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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| docile | easily taught |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |