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.

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WordMeaning
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
vixena female fox
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection