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 |
|---|---|
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| tome | book |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| viand | an item of food |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| calorific | caloric |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |