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).
Random words
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| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |