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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begetto procreate as the father : sire
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
avowto declare assuredly
balkto refuse abruptly
cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery