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Sanction
A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule 2. Official permission or approval for an action
Dissolute
Relaxed in morals
Turbid
Cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter
Plight
A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
Exude
Discharge slowly and steadily 2. Display an emotion or quality strongly and openly
Peevish
Easily irritated, especially by unimportant things
Shrill
High-pitched and piercing
Execrate
Feel or express great loathing for
Inundate
Overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with 2. Flood
Menacing
Presenting, projecting, or constituting a menace or threat
Chary
Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something
Portentous
Like a sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen
Like an exceptional or wonderful person or thing
Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress
Squalid
Extremely dirty or unpleasant from poverty or neglect
Crag
A steep or rugged cliff or rock face
Chivalrous
Courteous and gallant, especially towards women
Edify
Instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually
Peremptory
Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in an abrupt domineering way
Dissimulation
Concealment of ones thoughts, feelings or character
Judicious
Having showing, or done with good judgement or sense
Disparaging
Regard or represent as being of little worth
Craven
Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly
Approbation
Approval or praise
Supplicate
Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly
Succor
Assistance and support in times or hardship or distress
Give assistance or aid to
Dolorous
Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress
Galling
Annoyance, irritation
A sore on the skin made by chafing
Make someone feel annoying
Sanguine
Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
Relating to blood
Mirage
Something that appears real or possible but is in fact not so
Fervent
Having or displaying a passionate intensity
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