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 |
|---|---|
| dull | tedious |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |