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 |
|---|---|
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| prosody | the study of versification |