GRE Word List

CONGENITAL

existing at or dating from birth

The meaning of the word congenital is existing at or dating from birth.

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drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
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pragmatista practical approach to problems and affairs
takeoffa 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
siftto put through a sieve
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tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors