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fever 1793
Term | Definition |
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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 |