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
blanchto take the color out of
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
bookishof or relating to books
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
antisepticopposing microbial infection
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building