Fever Vocab Chapters 1-8

Noxious

• Harmful to health or physical well-being

• Somewhat hungry

• To talk in a boring voice, usually for a long time

• Essential for improving one's health

Constitutional

• To disapprove of something strongly

• Essential for improving one's health

• Harmful to health or physical well-being

• Not respectful

Peckish

• To talk in an exciting tone of voice

• Respectful

• Somewhat hungry

• To approve of something

Drone

• To talk in a boring voice, usually for a long time

• Very hungry

• To enjoy yourself

• Helpful to health or physical well-being

Abhor

• To go somewhere for the first time

• Not respectful

• To disapprove of something strongly

• Hungry

Disreputable

• To listen carefully

• Exciting

• To eat a snack

• Not respectful

Din

• Things of little value or importance

• Things of high value or importance

• Loud, persistent noise

• Very quiet noises

Fervent

• Showing great enthusiasm

• Not being enthusiastic

• An epidemic of highly contagious disease

• A disease that is not contagious

Demure

• Offensively bold behavior

• Acting shy and modest

• Being annoyed at someone's behavior

• Meeting someone new

Impudence

• Loud, persistent noise

• Sickness

• Something ugly

• Offensively bold behavior