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 |
|---|---|
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |