WorksheetsFever 1793 Vocab Ch 1-9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The word _____ means to awaken.
abhor
rouse
din
yarn
Choose the best definition for the word robust.
a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise
landing place for ships
a disease that causes many people to die
strong and healthy
The definition for the word _______ means miserable.
wretched
rouse
cease
dwindle
Choose a SYNONYM for the word abhor.
love
hate
confuse
anger
What is the best definition for retch?
smile
sleep
vomit
learn
What is the definition for the word DIN?
not considered respectable
to hate
bring or come to an end
a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise
To be full of something.
teem
purge
concede
disreputable
Not considered respectable
disreputable
din
gumption
concede
If you give up the argument, you __________.
drone
concede
abhor
jostle
A platform built out over water, place where a ship's cargo is loaded and unloaded, a type o dock
wharf
refugees
quarantine
fripperies
After exercising, I was feeling _______________, so I ate an apple.
Noxious
Peckish
Disreputable
Abhor
"A ship’s captain finished telling a yarn, and the windowpanes rattled with laughter." (Fever 1793)
In this context, what does "yarn" mean?
a kind of string
a story
a song
a speech
“It’s the source of a deadly miasma, a foul stench, indeed.”
a food or snack
a gross smell
to give up or surrender
toxic or sickening
“...men who stood unafraid before British cannon run in fear from this foul pestilence”
a small, sharp, surgical knife
a disease
a small bowl
to jump back in horror
"He was a stout man, thanks to Eliza’s cooking"
Based on context clues, what does stout mean?
angry
distinguished
old
fat
Definition: to stop; to come or bring to an end
burrow
migrate
cease
forecast
