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 |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| eventual | contingent |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |