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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puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
pulchritudephysical comeliness
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
flutedhaving or marked by grooves
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megalomaniaa mania (see mania
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