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
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
queryquestion
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
linguisticof or relating to language or linguistics
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
papyrusa tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
corpusclea minute particle