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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 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 (such as stone or brick).
Glaziers A person whose profession is fitting glass into windows and doors.
Scullery Maid A female servant in a lager 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 performed without preparation.
Famished Extremely hungry.
Exorbitant Unreasonably high.
Shoroud 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 of a large bird.
Rapscallions 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.
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