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 |
|---|---|
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |