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 |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| ebullient | boiling |