GRE Word List
COMPLEMENTARY
serving to fill out or complete
The meaning of the word complementary is serving to fill out or complete.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |