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Writer's pictureIELTS Compassion

Common confused words





1. ADAPT


Meaning:

- to change something in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation

Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people.

- to change your behaviour in order to deal more successfully with a new situation

The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive.


2. ADEPT


Meaning:

- (noun) a person who is good at doing something that is quite difficult

He was an adept at concealing the truth.

- good at doing something that is quite difficult

He became adept at getting even the shyest students to talk.


3. ADOPT


Meaning:

- to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)

We would like to adopt a child.

- to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something

All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.

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