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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dabbleto work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
gargantuantremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid
bulkmagnitude
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
desertsarid land with usually sparse vegetation
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant