TOTC Vocab But Again

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Sanction

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. Like a sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen

2. Like an exceptional or wonderful person or thing

3. 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

1. Assistance and support in times or hardship or distress

2. Give assistance or aid to

Dolorous

Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

Galling

1. Annoyance, irritation

2. A sore on the skin made by chafing

3. Make someone feel annoying

Sanguine

1. Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

2. Relating to blood

Mirage

Something that appears real or possible but is in fact not so

Fervent

Having or displaying a passionate intensity