GRE Word List
TERTIARY
of third rank, importance, or value
The meaning of the word tertiary is of third rank, importance, or value.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imply | to express indirectly |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| boor | peasant |