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 |
|---|---|
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| regime | regimen |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| lewd | obscene |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |