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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WordMeaning
asteroidany of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
regalof, relating to, or suitable for a king
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
subjugateto bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language