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 |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| potentate | ruler |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| wanton | merciless |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |