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 |
|---|---|
| blackball | to vote against |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| rift | fissure |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |