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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |