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
variegatedhaving discrete markings of different colors
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
gruntto utter a grunt
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
schismdivision
deprecateto express disapproval of
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder