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 |
|---|---|
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |