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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WordMeaning
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
rigto fit out with rigging
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
detonationthe action or process of detonating
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation