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WorksheetsFever 1793 Vocab - Part II
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
“It would hardly be proper to remove my coat, but if I can beg my lady’s indulgence, I will unfasten a button or two.”
smelly or stinky
recover from illness
the act of generously allowing or letting
very hungry, starving
“And now I’m going to get some sleep before our coachman delivers us unto the joys of the Ludington family barnyard and their odiferous pigs.”
smelly or stinky
recover from illness
the act of generously allowing or letting
very hungry, starving
“Grandfather would recuperate at home with Mother, and I could care for them both.”
smelly or stinky
recover from illness
the act of generously allowing or letting
very hungry, starving
“‘You have the hunger?’ he asked me.
‘Yes,’ I answered. ‘I’m famished.’”
arrangements or plans
created suddenly with whatever is available, makeshift
forcing patients to throw up
very hungry, starving
“I would hold open the hem and pray an unusually stupid fish would swim into the trap . . . wading back in the water with my improvised net.”
arrangements or plans
created suddenly with whatever is available, makeshift
forcing patients to throw up
a person made weak by illness or injury
“You’ll hear folks say that Dr. Rush is a hero for saving folks with his purges and blood letting.”
arrangements or plans
created suddenly with whatever is available, makeshift
forcing patients to throw up
a person made weak by illness or injury
“Provisions can be made to send this child to the orphan house if you prefer.”
arrangements or plans
to give up
a cloth wrapped around a dead body before burial
a person made weak by illness or injury
“Maybe they saw the fever rag and thought there was still an invalid in the house.”
arrangements or plans
to give up
a cloth wrapped around a dead body before burial
a person made weak by illness or injury
“The tall one would not relent. He pressed ahead…”
arrangements or plans
to give up
a cloth wrapped around a dead body before burial
a person made weak by illness or injury
“They wrapped the cloth around him and quickly sewed the shroud shut with thick curved needles.”
arrangements or plans
to give up
a cloth wrapped around a dead body before burial
a person made weak by illness or injury
“She wasn’t over losing her mother . . .but she seemed content enough to be with me.”
idea or belief
calm, at peace, feeling okay
mashed up herbs packed on the skin to relieve swelling or illness
eerie, creepy, unsettling
“. . . an ominous silence pressed in on the room as the fever penetrated deeper.”
idea or belief
calm, at peace, feeling okay
mashed up herbs packed on the skin to relieve swelling or illness
eerie, creepy, unsettling
“We worked frantically . . . trying every herb, tea, and poultice to break the fever and banish the infection.”
idea or belief
calm, at peace, feeling okay
mashed up herbs packed on the skin to relieve swelling or illness
eerie, creepy, unsettling
“I thought it was a ridiculous notion, but I helped her carry the furniture we could handle outside.”
idea or belief
lean or thin
worrying, being nervous
stuck around, remained
“Those of us who had remained behind were gaunt and pale.”
relaxation, not working hard
lean or thin
worrying, being nervous
stuck around, remained
“She’ll be back soon . . . Stop fretting and pass me the butter.”
relaxation, not working hard
lean or thin
worrying, being nervous
stuck around, remained
“The fever lingered. . . . The ghosts of friends lost in the last months flitted across when I least expected them.”
relaxation, not working hard
lean or thin
worrying, being nervous
stuck around, remained
“She is supposed to live a life of leisure . . . She won’t be able to run the coffeehouse anymore.”
relaxation, not working hard
lean or thin
worrying, being nervous
stuck around, remained
