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 |
|---|---|
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| concatenate | linked together |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |