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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disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
curatora person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
strewto spread by scattering