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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 vomiting |
| Loitering | Stand or wait around without apparent purpose |
| Impudence | Not showing respect to another person |
| Oppressively | Extreme and Unpleasant |
| Salvage | to save from destruction,damage, or loss |
| Assured | Confident |
| Dote | Give a lot of love |
| 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 |
| Failgue | Extreme tiredness |
| Vigilant | Watchful, especially to avoid danger |
| Haberdasher | someone who sells men's clothes |
| Gaunt | Extremely then and bony |
| Fegin | 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 |