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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WordMeaning
renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
mustera representative specimen (see specimen