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 |
|---|---|
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |