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 |
|---|---|
| venue | locale |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| appease | pacify |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| rank | relative standing or position |