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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niggletrifle
callousbeing hardened and thickened
compunctionanxiety arising from awareness of guilt
alimonyan allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
malefactorone who commits an offense against the law
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
capacitylegal competency (see competence
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living