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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |