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 |
|---|---|
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| 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 |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |