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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |