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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 | to 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 own 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 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 preformed 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 unpleasent |
scurrilous | insulting |
cooperage | a business where wooden barrels are made |
quill | pen made from a feather of a large bird |
rapscallions | mischievous people |
fatigue | extreme tiredness |
vigilant | watchful, especially for danger |
haberdasher | someone who sells men's clothing |
gaunt | extremely thin and boney |
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 |