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 |
|---|---|
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |