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Fever 1793
Term | Definition |
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Droned | To make a continuous low humming sound |
Abhorred | Disgust and hatred |
Quakers | People who belong to the Religious Society of Friends |
Victuals | Food |
Disreputable | Not considered to be respectable in characters or appearance |
Apothecary | A medical professional who creates and dispense medicine, Pharmacist |
Miasma | Unpleasant smell |
Bilious | Affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting |
Loitering | Stand or wait around without apparent purpose |
Impudence | Not showing respect to another person |
Oppressively | Extreme and unpleasant |
Valise | A small traveling bag or suitcase |
Regimental | Relating to a military regiment |
Mason | A skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick |
Glaziers | A person whose profession is fitting glass into windows and doors |
Scullery | A female servant in a large house who did jobs such as washing dishes and preparing vegetables |
Fractious | Irritable and quarrelsome |
Cajoling | persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery |
Odiferous | having or giving off a smell, especially an unpleasant or distinctive one |
Destitute | without the basic necessities of life |
Abates | cause to become smaller or less intense |
Yellow Fever | a viral disease that is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected mosquitoes |
Salvage | To save from destruction, damage, or loss |
Assured | Confident |
Dote | Give a lot of love or attention |
Methodically | In an orderly and systematic manner |
improvised | Created and performed without preparation |
Famished | Extremely hungry |
Exorbitant | Unreasonably high |
Shroud | A length of cloth in which a dead person is wrapped for burial |
Relish | Great Enjoyment |
prohibited | forbid by law or rule |
obligation | a duty or commitment |
melancholy | sadness/depression of mind/spirit |
putrid | decaying or rotting |
ominous | menacing or threatening |
fermenting | inciting or stirring up |
fetid | smelling extremely unpleasant |
scurrilous | insulting |
cooperage | a business where wooden barrels are made |
quill | pen made from a feather of a large bird |
rapscallions | mischievous person |
fatigue | Extreme tiredness |
vigilant | Watchful, especially to avoid danger |
haberdasher | Someone who sells men's clothing |
gaunt | Extremely thin and bony |
feign | Pretend to be affected by |
entourage | A group of people surrounding an important person |
bunkum | nonsense |
prosperity | Condition of being successful and thriving |
begrudge | Give reluctantly or resentfully |
endured | Suffer patiently |