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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| Word | Meaning |
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| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |