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 |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| query | question |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |