GRE Word List
TERTIARY
of third rank, importance, or value
The meaning of the word tertiary is of third rank, importance, or value.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| minuscule | very small |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |