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 |
|---|---|
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| etymology | the 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 |