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 |
|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |