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 |
|---|---|
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |