Vocab 1

Question 1

Victuals

Answer 1

Food or provisions for human beings

Question 2

Supped

Answer 2

To take in small mouthfuls

Question 3

Pestle

Answer 3

A tool for pounding are grinding substances in a mortar

Question 4

Miasma

Answer 4

A dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere

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Bilious

Answer 5

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

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Liebchen

Answer 6

German for sweetheart

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Demure

Answer 7

Characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved

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Mangle

Answer 8

A machine for smoothing oppressing clothes, household Linen

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Almshouse

Answer 9

A house endowed by private charity for the reception and support of the aged or inform poor

Question 10

Pestilence

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A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating

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Dittany

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A Cretan plant, organum dictamnus,of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities

Question 12

Jalap

Answer 12

A twining eastern Mexican vine having tuberous roots that are dried, powdered, and used medically as a cathartic

Question 13

Calomel

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A white tasteless powder used as a purgative and a fungicide

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Cajoling

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To persuade by flattery or promises

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Brambles

Answer 15

A prickly shrub or bush

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Slovenly

Answer 16

Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

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Destitute

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Without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, or shelter

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Impudence

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The quality of being offensively bold

Question 19

Potter’s field

Answer 19

A place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons

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Wraith

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Something shadowy and insubstantial

Question 21

Apothecary

Answer 21

One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

Question 22

Ancien régime

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The Pre-Revolutionary monarchical, aristocrat rule of France

Question 23

Barrister

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A lawyer who handles court cases

Question 24

Château

Answer 24

A French aristocrat country home

Question 25

Conciergerie

Answer 25

A prison in Paris

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Doll

Answer 26

A disparaging term for women in the 19 century

Question 27

Flambeau

Answer 27

A torch

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Fortnight

Answer 28

Two weeks; fourteen days

Question 29

Garret

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Guillotine

Answer 30

I heavy blade held up by two posts which is dropped on the victims neck in order to behead head the victim

Question 31

Hackney-coach

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A coach for hire;an older equivalent of a taxi

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Head drawer

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Man in charge of a hotel

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Incarceration

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Imprisonment

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Jackal

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An accomplice who assists in menial or slightly disreputable acts.

Question 35

Letter de cachet

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Mail-coach

Answer 36

For the introduction of railways there are two types of coaches on English roads, the mail coach, and the stagecoach. The mail coaches were subsidized by the post office, whereas stagecoaches were privately owned.

Question 37

Quid

Answer 37

Slang for British pound (British currency)

Question 38

Miller

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A man who's profession is to grind wheat. Millers are usually portrayed as all white because they are covered in flour

Question 39

Old Bailey

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The Old Bailey court, the central court where criminals were prosecuted

Question 40

Like

Answer 40

A long spear

Question 41

Postillion

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Man who rides the near horse of the leaders to guide you he horses drawing a coach

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Punch

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A spiced fruit beverage with an alcoholic base

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Quartering

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An antiquated punishment for criminals involving dismembering them into four parts

Question 44

Resurrecting-Man

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A person who digs up dead bodies to sell parts of them to scientists

Question 45

Saint Antoine

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A district of Paris very active in the revolution, especially in the storming of the Bastille

Question 46

Scrivener

Answer 46

Scribe or copier

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Shoe

Answer 47

Type of brakes under a carriage

Question 48

Snuff

Answer 48

Powdered tobacco inhaled through the nose

Question 49

Soliciter

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A lawyer who handles wills and estates and most matters not involving a court

Question 50

Spectre

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A ghost or apparition

Question 51

Temple Bar

Answer 51

A London landmark located near Tellson's bank

Question 52

Tower of London

Answer 52

The state prison in London

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Tumbrill

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A crude two-wheeled cart and used to carry prisoners to be executed in the French Revolution

Question 54

Turnkey

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A jailor

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Versailles

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A city southwest of Paris known for the opulent French royal palace built for King Louis XIV

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Ward

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Someone for whom someone else has responsibility, especially financially.

Question 57

Whitefriars

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In Dickens's time, a disreputable district of London

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Wood-Sawyer

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A man who chops wood

Question 59

Dosed

Answer 59

To treat with application or agent