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 |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| trenchant | keen |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| poise | balance |