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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| retrench | cut down |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
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| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |