First Law Flashcards

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Rowel

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noun a spiked revolving disc at the end of a spur. verb use a rowel to urge on (a horse). "he rowelled his horse on as fast as he could"

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noun ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery. "filigree earrings"

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adjective showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour. "he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests"

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adjective rude, unfriendly, and unpleasant. “they invited me to dinner and I thought it would be churlish to refuse”

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verb emit flashes of light; sparkle. "the sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light" PHYSICS fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or photon. "a zinc sulphide screen scintillated when it was struck by an alpha particle"

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adjective of various kinds; several. "prawn and garlic vol-au-vents and sundry other delicacies" noun various items not important enough to be mentioned individually. "a drugstore selling magazines, newspapers, and sundries" AUSTRALIAN•CRICKET a run scored other than from a hit with the bat, credited to the batting side rather than to a batter; an extra.

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adjective (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial. "it failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain's loss of its colonies" Similar: beneficial good good for one advantageous profitable productive helpful useful of use of service valuable worthwhile practical relevant timely Opposite: unwelcome irrelevant ARCHAIC health-giving. "the salutary Atlantic air"

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noun (in general use) a personal possession. LAW an item of property other than freehold land, including tangible goods ( chattels personal ) and leasehold interests ( chattels real ).

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noun excrement; dung. Similar: excrement excreta dung manure muck droppings faeces stools cowpats guano night soil sewage dirt filth jakes doings scat pooh doo-doo jobbie cack whoopsie big jobs poop feculence egesta View 3 vulgar slang words something regarded as vile or abhorrent. "can you give credence to this ordure?"

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adjective showing no regret for one's wrongdoings. "he was unrepentant and said that his comments were completely accurate"

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noun a thick rope or cable for mooring or towing a ship.

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noun a grasslike plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in wet ground. Sedges are widely distributed throughout temperate and cold regions.

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adjective having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. "she ignored his lecherous gaze"

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verb past participle: forsworn 1. FORMAL agree to give up or do without. "the country has not forsworn nuclear weapons" Similar: renounce swear off forgo abjure reject relinquish abstain from refrain from shun avoid eschew do without go without steer clear of give a wide berth to have nothing to do with decline refuse repudiate spurn give up dispense with stop cease finish discontinue break off drop cut out kick quit jack in Opposite: adhere to persist with 2. ARCHAIC commit perjury; swear falsely. "I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn"

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verb present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail. "he was expounding a powerful argument" explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work). "the abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns"

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adjective (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production. "incentives for farmers to let land lie fallow" (of a period of time) characterized by inaction; unproductive. "long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen" (of a sow) not pregnant. noun a piece of fallow land. "a great estate was usually divided between fallows, grazed stubble, and wheat" a pale brown or reddish yellow colour. "possible feather colours include fallows, pieds, and yellows" verb leave (land) fallow for a period. "fallow the ground for a week or so after digging"

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noun 1. a round building or room, especially one with a dome. PHILIPPINES 2. a roundabout. "a rotonda that exits on four roads into Greater Manila"

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noun HISTORICAL an officer who managed the household of a monarch or noble. BRITISH an officer who received revenue on behalf of a corporation or public body.

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verb be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "she had recently been bereaved"

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noun a shaped strip of wood or other material fitted as a decorative architectural feature, especially in a cornice. "a decorative plaster moulding placed at the centre of a ceiling"

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noun an ungrateful person. "the ingrates find something wrong with everything" adjective ungrateful.

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noun a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised. an enclosure adjoining a racecourse or track where horses or cars are gathered and displayed before a race. "I went across the course to see the horses in the paddock" AUSTRALIAN•NEW ZEALAND a field or plot of land enclosed by fencing or defined by natural boundaries. "the sheep have returned to their previously grazed paddocks" verb keep (a horse) in a paddock. "horses paddocked on a hillside"

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adjective of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour. "tawny eyes" noun an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour. "pine needles turning from tawny to amber"

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noun 1. a wine merchant. NORTH AMERICAN 2. a producer of wine; a winegrower.

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noun a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. "the parable of the blind men and the elephant"

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verb 1. free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. "she was acquitted on all counts" 2. conduct oneself or perform in a specified way. "the goalkeeper acquitted himself well" ARCHAIC 3. discharge (a duty or responsibility). "they acquitted themselves of their charge with vigilance"

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verb undergo the formation of pus; fester.

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adjective 1. insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way. "‘Just do it!’ came the peremptory reply" LAW 2. not open to appeal or challenge; final. "a peremptory order of the court"

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noun a young goose.

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noun cheerful friendliness; geniality. "he exuded good humour and bonhomie"

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noun HISTORICAL a light helmet with an outward curve extending over the back of the neck, worn as part of medieval armour.

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adjective (of a person or their clothes) unfashionable and unstylish in appearance (typically used of a woman). "she could achieve the kind of casual chic which made every other woman around her look dowdy"

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noun 1. an ancient or medieval fortress or walled town. "the fortified burg was a centre of early growth" INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN 2. a town or city. "they performed in any burg big enough to have a theatre"

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noun condition. "Marguerite was in fine fettle" verb trim or clean the rough edges of (a metal casting or a piece of pottery) before firing. NORTHERN ENGLISH make or repair (something).

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adjective having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. "some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her"

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noun HISTORICAL a loose robe worn over armour. a sleeveless garment worn as part of the insignia of an order of knighthood. an outer coat of rich material.

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noun a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon. "many ministers delivered political guidance from their pulpits" religious teaching as expressed in sermons. "the movies could rival the pulpit as an agency moulding the ideas of the mass public" a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler. a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht.

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noun a material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches. DIALECT•BRITISH a wicker hurdle. AUSTRALIAN an acacia. a coloured fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of the turkey and some other birds. verb make, enclose, or fill up with wattle.

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noun HISTORICAL a man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn.

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verb drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily. "he quaffed pint after pint of good Berkshire ale" noun DATED•INFORMAL an alcoholic drink. "porter is a dark, malty quaff"

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noun 1. the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird. "the harrier is distinguished by its prominent white rump" HUMOROUS 2. a person's buttocks. "he removed his hand from Shirley's rump" 3. a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger. "once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left" short for Rump Parliament.

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noun 1. a dunghill or refuse heap. 2. short for kitchen midden.

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adjective 1. having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change. "an inveterate gambler" 2. (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change. "the inveterate hostility between the two countries was not easily eradicated"

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noun a state or feeling of active opposition or hostility. "decades of enmity between the two countries"

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noun 1. the action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. "the medieval prohibition on usury" ARCHAIC 2. interest at unreasonably high rates.

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verb praise highly in speech or writing. "he was eulogized as a rock star"

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adjective aggressively greedy or grasping. "rapacious landlords"

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verb go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner. "he stood up in a fury and flounced out" noun 1. an exaggerated action intended to express annoyance or impatience. "she left the room with a flounce" 2. a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill.

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adjective disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way. "the louche world of the theatre"

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noun 1. excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing. "the basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple" US 2. the way in which something is expressed; wording or diction. "we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage"

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adjective 1. having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters. "canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal" NORTHERN ENGLISH•SCOTTISH 2. pleasant; nice. "she's a canny lass"

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adjective (of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures. "unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute"

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noun BRITISH 1. the way a person stands and walks, particularly as an element of etiquette. "poise is directly concerned with good deportment" NORTH AMERICAN 2. a person's behaviour or manners. "there are team rules governing deportment on and off the field"

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noun 1. a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows. 2. a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district. "a warren of narrow gas-lit streets" HISTORICAL•BRITISH 3. an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.

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noun 1. an Old World seed-eating songbird related to the finches, typically having brown streaked plumage and a boldly marked head. 2. a small New World songbird of the cardinal subfamily, the male of which is mainly or partly bright blue in colour. 3. flags and other colourful festive decorations. 4. a loosely woven fabric used to make bunting. NORTH AMERICAN 5. a hooded sleeping bag for babies.

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noun 1. an excessive amount of something. "a surfeit of food and drink" ARCHAIC 2. an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking. "he died of a surfeit" verb 1. cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess. "I am surfeited with shopping" ARCHAIC 2. consume too much of something. "he never surfeited on rich wine"

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adjective bad-tempered or aggressively assertive (typically used of a woman). "his shrewish wife"

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adjective 1. subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty. "whether they had been successful or not was a moot point" 2. having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision. "the whole matter is becoming increasingly moot" verb 1. raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility). "the scheme was first mooted last October" HISTORICAL 2. an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times. 3. a regular gathering of people having a common interest. LAW 4. a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise. "the object of a moot is to provide practice in developing an argument"

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adjective 1. hard to control or deal with. "intractable economic problems" 2. (of a person) difficult or stubborn.

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noun horn of plenty.

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