GRE Word List
PROBE
explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe
The meaning of the word probe is explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conundrum | riddle; difficult problem |
| marrow | soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells |
| atheistic | denying the existence of God; N. atheism |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| litigation | lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate |
| sow | plant or scatter seed |
| champion | support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) |
| narrative | related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration |
| contumacious | stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court) |
| wry | (esp. of an expression of the face) twisted; with a humorous twist (expressing displeasure) |