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fever 1793
Term | Definition |
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Droned | to make a continuous low humming sound. |
Abhorred | disgust and hated. |
Quakers | Disgust and hated |
victuals | food |
disreputable | not consider to be respectable in character or appearance |
apothecary | a medical professional who creates and dispenses medicines 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 |
salvage | to save from distraction,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 |
quill | pen made from a feather from a bird |
rapscallions | mischievous persons |
fatigue | extreme tiredness |
vigilant | watchful,especially to avoid danger |
haberdasher | someone who sells men 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 |