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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WordMeaning
incessantcontinuing or following without interruption : unceasing
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
chortleto sing or chant exultantly
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
vendorone that vends : seller
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
nutritiousnourishing
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans