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Fever 1793: Chapters 11-15 Vocabulary

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  • withered
    shoulders of a horse
    none of these
    dry and wrinkled
    rotten
  • brambles
    thorny bushes
    a rattling cough
    a kind of edible plant
    a symptom of yellow fever
  • scabbard
    part of a carriage
    both of these
    sheath for a sword
    none of these
  • melodious
    smelly
    messy
    musical
    noisy
  • kin
    none of the above
    petticoat
    cap
    friend
  • slovenly
    smelly
    beautiful
    sloppy
    poor
  • lancet
    a medical knife
    a medical journal
    a medieval weapon
    a poor house for the homeless
  • flint and tinder
    18th-century undergarments
    a supper of mutton and turnips
    two herbs used to treat fever
    a stone that sparks and something that will burn
  • recuperate
    clean up
    recover
    indulge
    impoverish
  • famished
    well-known
    messy
    unplanned
    starving
  • skirmish
    remedy
    battle
    song
    dance
  • improvise
    tolerate with bad grace
    make up as you go
    starve to reduce fever
    plan carefully
  • indulgence
    starving
    impudence
    disapproval
    tolerance
  • tapered
    pale and weak
    undernourished
    a thin candle
    thinner at the end
  • grippe
    to hold on tightly
    cold or flu
    a valise for a man
    all of these
  • mutton
    pork sausage
    sheep meat
    fish stew
    none of these
  • odiferous
    slovenly
    smelly
    broke
    unplanned
  • destitute
    hungry
    clever
    kind
    impoverished
  • shift
    moving back and forth
    a woman's undergarment
    a designated work time
    all of these
  • magpie
    a meat pie made with mutton
    none of these
    a chattering bird that collects shiny objects
    a traditional Christmas pastry