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 |
|---|---|
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |