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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| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
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| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
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| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
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