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fever 1793
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abhorred | disgust and hatred. |
| apothecary | a medical professional who creates and dispenses medicine. pharmacist |
| bilious | affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting . |
| disreputable | not considered to be respectable in character or appearance . |
| droned | to make a continonus low humming sound. |
| impudence | not showing respect to another person . |
| loitering | stand or wait around without apparent purpose. |
| miasma | unpleasant smell. |
| oppressively | extreme and unpleasant. |
| quakers | people who belong to the religious society of friends. |
| victuals | food. |
| 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 |
| 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 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 on important person |
| bunkum | nonsense |
| prosperity | condition of being successful and thriving |
| begrudge | giving reluctantly or resentfully |
| endured | suffer patiently |