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FEBRILE

marked or caused by fever : feverish

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

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hecklerone who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
finishto come to an end : terminate
rankrelative standing or position
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval