GRE Word List
COMPLEMENTARY
serving to fill out or complete
The meaning of the word complementary is serving to fill out or complete.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |