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 |
|---|---|
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| recast | to cast again |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| seemly | good-looking |