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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maxima general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
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