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 |
|---|---|
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |