Vocab Unit 1

Question 1

dosed

Answer 1

to treat with an applicant or agent

Question 2

victuals

Answer 2

food or provisions for human beings

Question 3

supped

Answer 3

to take in small mouthfuls

Question 4

pestle

Answer 4

a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar

Question 5

miasma

Answer 5

a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere

Question 6

bilious

Answer 6

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

Question 7

liebchen

Answer 7

german for sweetheart

Question 8

demure

Answer 8

characterized by slyness and modesty; reserved

Question 9

mangle

Answer 9

a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen

Question 10

almshouse

Answer 10

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

Question 11

pestilence

Answer 11

a contagious or infectious disease that is virulent and devastating

Question 12

dittany

Answer 12

a cretan plant, origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formally believed to have medicinal qualities

Question 13

jalap and calomel

Answer 13

jalap - a twining eastern mexican vine having tuberous roots that are dried, powdered, and used medicinally as a cathartic
calomel - a white tasteless powder used chiefly as a purgative and fungicide

Question 14

cajoling

Answer 14

to persuade by flattery or promises

Question 15

brambles

Answer 15

a prickly shrub or bush

Question 16

slovenly

Answer 16

untidy or unclean in appearance or habita

Question 17

destitute

Answer 17

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

Question 18

impudence

Answer 18

the quality of being offensively bold

Question 19

Potter’s Field

Answer 19

a place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons

Question 20

wraith

Answer 20

something shadowy and insubstantial

Question 21

apothecary

Answer 21

one that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

Question 22

stays and shift

Answer 22

stays - a corset
shifts- clothing

a || straight-loose fitting dress worn with or without a belt
b || a woman’s chemise or slip

Question 23

the war

Answer 23

american revolution

Question 24

Blachard’s yellow balloon

Answer 24

first hot air balloon flight in america

Question 25

grippe

Answer 25

influence

Question 26

Charles Wilson Peale

Answer 26

early american portrait painter

Question 27

King George III

Answer 27

monarch of england during revolutionary war

Question 28

abhor

Answer 28

to hate or despise

Question 29

loiter

Answer 29

to hang around a place with no purpose

Question 30

robust

Answer 30

healthy and strong

Question 31

fervent

Answer 31

showing intensity

Question 32

quarantine

Answer 32

to isolate due to illness

Question 33

fractious

Answer 33

uncooperative, troublesome

Question 34

ominous

Answer 34

foreshadowing evil

Question 35

noxious

Answer 35

unhealthy, poisonous