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 |
|---|---|
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |