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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |