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fever 1793 part 2
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxiously | uneasily, apprehensively, worried |
| apothecary | pharmacy |
| begrudge | to give reluctantly, to envy |
| content | pleased, satisfiled |
| corpse | a body that has ceased to exist, dead |
| cowered | to tremble or cringe in fear |
| despaired | to lose all hope |
| feign | to pretend, to deceive |
| fetid | rotten, offensive odor |
| hoisted | to raise or haul up |
| lingered | to be slow in leaving or acting |
| lurched | to stagger when walking, to walk erratically |
| ominous | threatening, bad omen |
| pestilence | a fatal epidemic disease |
| putrid | rotten, corrupt, decomposed |
| rejoicing | delighting in, feeling joy about |
| resolutely | absolute, determined, unwavering |
| scurrilous | abusive, vulgar language |
| skeptically | to view with doubt, questioning something |
| vigilant | keen awareness, watchful, alert |