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 |
|---|---|
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| decipher | decode |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| bog | wet spongy ground |