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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milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
fiend | devil |
mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
gingerly | very cautious or careful |
practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |