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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |