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 |
|---|---|
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |