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 |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |