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 |
|---|---|
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| wry | twist |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |