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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |