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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |