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fever 1793
Term | Definition |
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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 |