Fever 1793 Vocab Review 1

Ember

• a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire

• regard with disgust and hatred

• a strong and very unpleasant smell

• too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous

Abhorred

• harmful, poisonous to one’s health

• food or provisions

• regard with disgust and hatred

• a strong and very unpleasant smell

Stench

• bring out of sleep; awaken

• strong and healthy; vigorous

• marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others

• a strong and very unpleasant smell

Rouse

• strong and healthy; vigorous

• bring out of sleep; awaken

• pressed tightly together, especially with anger or determination or so as to suppress a strong emotion

• affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting

Yarn

• a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible

• marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others

• affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting

• a poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease

Noxious

• harmful, poisonous to one’s health

• too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous

• a poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease

• a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire

Tedious

• a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire

• food or provisions

• a pharmacy or drugstore

• too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous

Victuals

• a pharmacy or drugstore

• food or provisions

• the practice of letting blood by opening a vein

• pressed tightly together, especially with anger or determination or so as to suppress a strong emotion

Clenched

• a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible

• pressed tightly together, especially with anger or determination or so as to suppress a strong emotion

• bring out of sleep; awaken

• the practice of letting blood by opening a vein

Apothecary

• a pharmacy or drugstore

• the practice of letting blood by opening a vein

• strong and healthy; vigorous

• marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others