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 |
|---|---|
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |