Vocab 1

Question 1

food or provisions for human beings

Answer 1

victuals

Question 2

to take in small mouthfalls

Answer 2

supped

Question 3

a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar

Answer 3

pestle

Question 4

a dangerous, foreboding, deathlike influence or atmosphere

Answer 4

miasma

Question 5

suffering from, caused by, or attended by trouble with the bile or liver

Answer 5

bilious

Question 6

german for sweetheart

Answer 6

liebchen

Question 7

characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved

Answer 7

demure

Question 8

a machine for soothing or pressing clothes, household linen

Answer 8

mangle

Question 9

a house endowed by a private charity for the reception and support of the aged or infirm poor

Answer 9

almshouse

Question 10

a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating

Answer 10

pestilence

Question 11

a cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medical qualities

Answer 11

dittany

Question 12

a twining eastern mexican vine having tuberous roots that are dried, powdered, and used medicinally as a cathartic

Answer 12

jalap

Question 13

a white, tastless powder, used cheifly as a purgative and fungucide

Answer 13

calomel

Question 14

to persuade by flattery or promises

Answer 14

cajoling

Question 15

a prickly shrub or bush

Answer 15

brambles

Question 16

untidy or unclean

Answer 16

slovenly

Question 17

without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter

Answer 17

destitute

Question 18

the quality of being offensively bold

Answer 18

impudence

Question 19

A place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons

Answer 19

Potter’s Field

Question 20

something shadowy

Answer 20

wraith

Question 21

one that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

Answer 21

apothecary

Question 22

American revolution

Answer 22

the war

Question 23

first hot air balloon flight in america

Answer 23

Blanchard’s yellow balloon

Question 24

influence

Answer 24

grippe

Question 25

painter

Answer 25

peale

Question 26

monarch of England

Answer 26

king george lll

Question 27

to hate or dispise

Answer 27

abhor

Question 28

hang around a place with no purpose

Answer 28

loiter

Question 29

healthy and strong

Answer 29

robust

Question 30

showing intensity

Answer 30

fervent

Question 31

to isolate due to illness

Answer 31

quarantine

Question 32

uncooperative, troublesome

Answer 32

fractious

Question 33

foreshadowing

Answer 33

ominous

Question 34

unhealthy, poisonous

Answer 34

noxious

Question 35

the pre-revolutionary monarchical, aristocratic rule of france

Answer 35

ancien régime

Question 36

a lawyer who handles court cases

Answer 36

barrister

Question 37

a french aristocrats country home

Answer 37

château

Question 38

A prison in Paris

Answer 38

conciegerie

Question 39

a disparaging room for women in the 19th century

Answer 39

doll

Question 40

A torch

Answer 40

flambeau

Question 41

and attic or room on the top floor of a house or apartment

Answer 41

garret

Question 42

a heavy blade held up by two post which is dropped on the victims in order to behead the victim

Answer 42

guillotine

Question 43

A coach for hire; and older equivalent of a taxi

Answer 43

hackney-coach

Question 44

man of charge of a hotel

Answer 44

head drawer

Question 45

imprisonment

Answer 45

incarceration

Question 46

an accomplice who assists in menial or slightly disreputable acts

Answer 46

jackal

Question 47

a sealed letter, especially from a sovereign, often ordering arbitrary imprisonment

Answer 47

letter de cachet

Question 48

a man who's profession is to grind wheat

Answer 48

miller

Question 49

Central court

Answer 49

Old Bailey

Question 50

a long spear

Answer 50

pike

Question 51

man who rides the near horse of the leaders to guide the horses drawing a coach

Answer 51

postillion

Question 52

a sliced fruit beverage

Answer 52

punch

Question 53

an antiquated punishment for criminals involving dismembering them into four parts

Answer 53

quartering

Question 54

slang for a pound

Answer 54

quid

Question 55

A person who digs up dead bodies

Answer 55

resurrection man

Question 56

a District of Paris very active in the revolution

Answer 56

saint antoine

Question 57

scribe or copier

Answer 57

scrivener

Question 58

types of breaks under a carriage

Answer 58

shoe

Question 59

powdered tobacco in hailed threw the nose

Answer 59

snuff

Question 60

A lawyer who handles wills and estates

Answer 60

solicitor

Question 61

A ghost or apparition

Answer 61

spectre

Question 62

a london landmark located near Tellson's Bank

Answer 62

temple bar

Question 63

The state prison in London

Answer 63

tower of london

Question 64

A crude two wheeled cart

Answer 64

tumbril

Question 65

a jailor

Answer 65

turnkey

Question 66

A city southwest of Paris

Answer 66

versailles

Question 67

someone for whom someone else has responsibility, especially financially

Answer 67

ward

Question 68

A disreputable district in London

Answer 68

whitefriars

Question 69

a man who chops wood

Answer 69

wood-sawyer

Question 70

to treat with application or agent

Answer 70

dosed