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 |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| aria | air |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |