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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| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
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