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 |
|---|---|
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| poise | balance |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |