Vocabulary Word
Word: brawl
Definition: noisy quarrel
Definition: noisy quarrel
Sentences Containing 'brawl'
So, at least, we gather from the depositions taken on the occasion of the death of a gentleman, the victim of a street brawl, who had been carried into the house in which he lived.
The bed which was somewhat crazy and not very firm on its feet, unable to support the additional weight of the carrier, came to the ground, and at the mighty crash of this the innkeeper awoke and at once concluded that it must be some brawl of Maritornes', because after calling loudly to her he got no answer.
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::: magnanimity - generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous
::: pervasive - spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells, ideas, feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate
::: physiognomy - face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features
::: insuperable - insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties
::: prerogative - privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before
::: deviate - turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism
::: pretension - pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.
::: conjure - cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
