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 |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |