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 |
|---|---|
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |