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 |
|---|---|
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| passe | past one's prime |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| pugilist | fighter |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| residual | remainder |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |