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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WordMeaning
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
migratoryof, relating to, or characterized by migration
healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
writsomething written : writing
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava