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SAT Vocabulary
SAT Vocabulary pt 02
Question | Answer |
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aspire | (v) to strive for a goal; to want or desire something excellent or far beyond the current state* |
bilateral | (adj) having two sides* |
candor | (n) honesty or straightforwardness, especially being honest about something unpleasant* |
defraud | (v) to cheat; to gain something dishonestly, as through a lie, deception, or confidence game* |
deity | (n) a god or goddess* |
elude | (v) to escape from someone or something giving chase or searching; especially to use clever tactics to escape from pursuers* |
fixture | (n) a permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position* |
handwriting | (n) the character or style of a person's writing by hand; cursive writing* |
havoc | (n) chaos or large-scale destruction* |
imbibe | (v) to drink a liquid; to absorb or take in something* |
juncture | (n) a joint or seam, where two parts meet* |
kernel | (n) in a plant, a grain or seed; often edible and found inside the plant* |
lapse | (n) the act of falling from a righteous or just position; a slight or temporary moral failure* |
malady | (n) a disease, illness, or medical condition, especially a serious or chronic condition* |
myriad | (n) many; a large number; countless* |
necessitate | (v) to make something necessary* |
nestle | (v) to lay or be enclosed comfortably; to snuggle* |
obliterate | (v) to destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate* |
parse | (v) to break something down into its parts in order to explain or understand it; especially to break apart a sentence into words and phrases, describing each part* |
queue | (n) a line; a group of people waiting in order* |
ravenous | (adj) extremely hungry; filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied* |
scuttle | (v) to sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line; also to destroy or wreck* |
thearchy | (n) a government ruled by the leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods* |
underworld | (n) a world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as Hades* |
writhe | (v) to move uncomfortably; to twist around, especially to express pain* |