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

WordMeaning
cameoa gem carved in relief (see relief
curatora person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits
hortatoryhortative
ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods
languorweakness or weariness of body or mind
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
rarefiedbeing less dense