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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| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
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| canny | clever |
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| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
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