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 |
|---|---|
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| unfrock | defrock |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |