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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quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
trenchantkeen
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primaloriginal
slipshodwearing loose shoes or slippers
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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
vertexthe top of the head