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 |
|---|---|
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |