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 |
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| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |