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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 Friend s |
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 | A effected 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 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 preperation |
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 |
property | condition of being successful and thriving |
begrudge | give reluctantly or resentfully |
endured | suffer patiently |