GRE Word List

FEBRILE

marked or caused by fever : feverish

The meaning of the word febrile is marked or caused by fever : feverish.

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reprisea musical repetition:
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
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brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
simulateto give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for