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 |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| imbibe | drink |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| juncture | a point of time |