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 |
|---|---|
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| boor | peasant |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |