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 |
|---|---|
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| unfrock | defrock |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |