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 |
|---|---|
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| ravenous | rapacious |