GRE Word List

PROBE

a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)

The meaning of the word probe is a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity).

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WordMeaning
unfetterto free from fetters
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
squanderto spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate
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drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
barefacedhaving the face uncovered:
generalitythe quality or state of being general
microcosma little world