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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onusburden
sojourna temporary stay
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quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
groucha fit of bad temper
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fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode