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 |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |