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 |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| farce | stuff |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |