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 |
|---|---|
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| juncture | a point of time |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |