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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| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| swill | wash |