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fever 1793
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 respectful 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 the windows or doors |
| Scullery maid | A female servant in a large house who did jobs such as washing the dishes and preparing veggies |
| Fractious | Irritable and quarrelsome |
| Cajoling | persuade(someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattering |
| Odoriferous | having or giving off a smell, especially an unpleasant or distinctive one |
| Destitute | without basic necessities of life |
| Abates | cause to be smaller or less intense |
| Yellow fever | a viral disease that is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected mosquito. |
| salvage | to save 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 preparation |
| Famished | Very hungry |
| Exorbitant | very 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 that 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 mens 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 being successful and thriving |
| begrudge | give reluctantly or resentfully |
| endured | suffer patiently |