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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WordMeaning
quotidianoccurring every day
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
pulsateto throb or move rhythmically : vibrate
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
ebullientboiling