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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 character or appearance |
Apothecary | a medical professional who creates and dispenses 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 maid | 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 orles 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 persons |
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 |