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 |
|---|---|
| prong | fork |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| cursive | running |