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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| devious | wandering |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |