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 |
|---|---|
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| provident | frugal |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| romp | one that romps |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |