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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optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
sedatekeeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
proletariana member of the proletariat
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
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