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 |
|---|---|
| swill | wash |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |