Fever 1793 Vocab 2
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 exorbitant | extreme, extravagent ADJ |
| entourage | a group who travels together (often with a person of importance) N |
| pestle | a club shaped hand tool for grinding/mixing mortar N |
| lancet | a surgical knife with a pointed blade N |
| pummel | to pound or beat with fists V |
| robust | physically strong ADJ |
| sodden | soaked with liquid or moisture ADJ |
| teem | to surge or swarm (usually used along with the word "with") V |
| demure | modest or shy ADJ |
| bilious | relating to illness in the liver- think bile ADJ |
| trundle | to roll something along V can also be ADJ if the item rolls (like a trundle bed) |
| droll | comical in manner ADJ |
| cajole | to pursue by flattery (like wheedle) V |
| miasma | a dangerous/deathlike atmosphere (often caused by noxious fumes from rotting organic matter...) N |
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