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Fever 1793

TermDefinition
Droned To make 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 wahing dishes and preparing vegetables
Fractious Irritable and quarrelsome
Cajoling Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
Odiferous having or giving of a smell,especially an unpleasant or distinctive
Destitute without the basic necessities of life
Abates cause to become smaller orels 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 of 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
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