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 |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| provenance | origin |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |