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 |
|---|---|
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| courier | messenger |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |