GRE Word List
CAUTERIZE
to sear with a cautery or caustic
The meaning of the word cauterize is to sear with a cautery or caustic.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |