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 |
|---|---|
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| scourge | whip |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |