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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WordMeaning
adjutanta staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
contumaciousstubbornly disobedient : rebellious
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
scourgewhip
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection