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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hallucinationa sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
surlymenacing or threatening in appearance
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
fraileasily led into evil
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
denominationan act of denominating
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid