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 |
|---|---|
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| defalcate | deduct |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| countenance | look |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |