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Term | Definition |
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Valise | a small traveling bag or suitcase |
Regimental | relating to an 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 maid | an female servant in an 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 an smell especially an unpleasant or distnctive 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 |
date | give an lot of love or attention |
methodically | in an elderly and systematic manner |
improvised | created and preformed without preparation |
Famished | extremely hungry |
exorbitant | unreasonable 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 sitting up |
fetid | smelling extremely unpleasant |
scurrilous | insulting |
cooperage | a business where wooden barrels are made |
quil | pen made from feather of a large bird |
rapscallions | Mischievous persons |
Fatigue | Extreme tiredness |
Vigilant | Watchful, especially to avoid danger |
Haberdasher | Someone who sells men clothing |
Gaunt | Extremely thin and bony |
Feign | Pretend to be affected by |
entourage | A group of people surroundings on important person |
Bunkum | Nonsense |
Prosperity | Condition of being successful and thriving |
Begrudge | Give reluctantly or resentfully |
Endured | Suffer patiently |