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 |
|---|---|
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| nib | bill |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |