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 |
|---|---|
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |