GRE Word List

COMPLEMENTARY

serving to fill out or complete

The meaning of the word complementary is serving to fill out or complete.

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WordMeaning
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
submissivesubmitting to others
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
sedentarynot migratory : settled
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
decipherdecode
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
bogwet spongy ground