or abhor | continuous low humming sound | drone |
| hate | detest or abhor |
| go slow; waste time in doing something | dawdle |
| faint | swoon |
| pharmacist | apothecary |
| appetizing food | delectable |
| teach | instill |
| unhealthy vapors | miasma |
| bad smell | stench |
| harmful to health | noxious |
| little devil | imp |
| being shy or modest | demure |
| fool | ninny |
| large group | horde |
| forced isolation | quarantine |
| unmarried woman | spinster |
| difficult problem | dilemma |
| boring | tedious |
| least valuable part | dreg |
| festive occasion; celebration | gala |
| loud noise | din |
| unable to speak | dumb |
| fatal epidemic disease | pestilence |
| pulled tight | taut |
| surgical knife | lancet |
| small suitcase | valise |
| disturbance | commotion |
| move abruptly | lurch |
| recover from sickness | recuperate |
| wrinkled by shrinkage | withered |
| thirsty | parched |
| confused or disordered | topsy-turvy |
| holster for sword | scabbard |
| untidy | slovenly |