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 |
|---|---|
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |