GRE Word List
TERTIARY
of third rank, importance, or value
The meaning of the word tertiary is of third rank, importance, or value.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |