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 |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |