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 |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |