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 |
|---|---|
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |