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 |
|---|---|
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |