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 |
|---|---|
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| actuary | clerk |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |