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 |
|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |