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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pending | during |