GRE Word List
CONGENITAL
existing at or dating from birth
The meaning of the word congenital is existing at or dating from birth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| primal | original |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |