v. To strive for a goal; to want or desire something excellent or far beyond the current state.

n. Honesty or straightforwardness, especially after being honest about something unpleasant.

v. To cheat; to gain something dishonestly, as through a lie, deception, or confidence game.

v. To escape from someone or something giving chase or searching; especially to use clever tactics to escape from pursuers.

n. A permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position.

n. The character or style of a person's writing by hand.

v. To drink a liquid; to absorb or take in something.

n. A point or seam, where two parts meet.

n. In a plant, a grain or seed; often edible and found inside the plant.

n. The act of falling from a righteous or just position; a slight or temporary failure.

n. A disease, illness, or medical condition, especially a serious or chronic condition.

n. Many; a large number; countless.

v. To make something necessary or needed.

v. To lay or be enclosed comfortably; to snuggle.

v. To destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate.

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.

n. A line; a group of people waiting in order.

adj. Extremely hungry; filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied.

v. To sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line; also to destroy or wreck.

n. A government ruled by leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods.

n. A world beneath the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as Hades.

v. To move uncomfortably; to twist around, especially to express pain.

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SAT Vocab Lesson 1

Term	Definition
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 after 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.
havoc	n. Chaos or large destruction.
imbibe	v. To drink a liquid; to absorb or take in something.
juncture	n. A point 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 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 or needed.
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 leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods.
underworld	n. A world beneath 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.

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