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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| categorical | absolute |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |