GRE Word List
COMPLEMENT
something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect
The meaning of the word complement is something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |