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 |
|---|---|
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| postulate | demand |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |