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 |
|---|---|
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| evenhanded | fair |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| trample | tramp |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |