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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |