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Fever 1793
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 or unpleasant |
| valise | a small traveling bag or suitcase |
| regimental | relating to a military regiment |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of sustainable material such as stone or brick |
| glaziers | a person whose profession is fitting glass into windows and doors |
| scullery 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 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 attention or love |
| methodically | in an orderly or systematic manner |
| improvised | created and preformed without preparation |
| famished | extremely hungry |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high |
| shroud | a length of cloth in which a dead person n is wrapped for burial |
| relish | great employment |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| entourage | a group of people surrounding an important person |
| bunkum | nonsense |
| prosperity | condition of being successful |
| begrudge | give reluctantly or resentfully |
| endured | suffer patiently |
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