Night Vocab Definitions

a departure from what is right, true, correct, or normal

• Aberration

• Sanction

• Penury

• Sublime

• None of the above

a penalty for disobedience to a rule or law; a penalty designed to make people conform

• Aberration

• Sanction

• Penury

• Sublime

• None of the above

Extreme poverty; destitution

• Aberration

• Sanction

• Penury

• Sublime

• None of the above

Having characteristics that inspire great admiration or awe

• Aberration

• Sanction

• Penury

• Sublime

• None of the above

to make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation

• Aberration

• Sanction

• Penury

• Sublime

• None of the above

to make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation

• Emaciate

• Delusion

• Exasperate

• Writhe

• None of the above

an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality

• Emaciate

• Delusion

• Exasperate

• Writhe

• None of the above

to annoy greatly; to make impatient

• Emaciate

• Delusion

• Exasperate

• Writhe

• None of the above

to twist, as in pain or struggle; to contort

• Emaciate

• Delusion

• Exasperate

• Writhe

• None of the above

A large destructive fire; war; conflict

• Emaciate

• Delusion

• Exasperate

• Writhe

• None of the above