READ: Fever 1793 Chapters 9-13 Vocabulary

Vocabulary from Chapters 9-13

The following words will be part of your quiz this week. Be prepared to use these words in a sentence of your own.

1. Fractious: I dropped an entire drawer of tea leaves on the floor. The gentlemen were all quarrelsome and fractious. I snuck  uspstairs once, but Mother still slept (64).

Definition: unruly or readily angered.

2. Taut: She did not notice when I entered the room. Her face was pulled taut in pain, and she jerked in her sleep (67).

Definition: tense or strained

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