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 |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| cryptic | secret |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |