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FEVER 1793 Vocba
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 without apparent purpose. |
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. |
Sculler 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 small ,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 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 |
quit | pen made from a feather of a large bird |
rapscallion | 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 |