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 |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |