Standard Fever, 1793 Vocabulary: Chapters 1-10

What does discreetly mean?

• to isolate because of disease 
• disgusting, awful, revolting
• without attracting attention
• serious, infectious disease

What does teemed mean?

• crowded 
• hardy 
• admitted failure
• boldness 

What does swoon mean?

• causing nausea or bile 
• surrendered, handed over
• poisonous germs polluting the air 
• to faint or lose consciousness 

What does rouse mean?

• poisonous germs polluting the air 
• abounded or swarmed with
• to bring out of sleep 
• strong and healthy; hardy 

What does drone mean?

• rudeness, boldness 
• causing nausea or bile 
• showing a passionate intensity
• made a dull, low, monotonous dull, low, monotonous sound 

What does victuals mean?

• germs
• bile
• food supplies
• sound

What does robust mean?

• rudeness, boldness 
• strong and healthy; hardy 
• causing nausea or bile 
• showing a passionate intensity

What does cajoled mean?

• cry or yell hoarsely 
• persuading gently
• irritable and complaining  
• boring  

What does impudence mean?

• rudeness, boldness 
• to bring out of sleep 
• abounded or swarmed with
• dull, low, monotonous sound 

What does miasma mean?

• strong and healthy; hardy 
• handed over, or admitted failure
• poisonous germs polluting the air 
• crowded