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 |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| guileless | innocent |
| retrench | cut down |