SAT Vocabulary #1

To gain something dishonestly, deception

To lay or be enclosed comfortably; to snuggle

In a plant, a grain or seed; often edible

Disease, illness, or medical condition

To sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line

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

Chaos or large-scale destruction

A joint or seam, where two parts meet

Being honest about something unpleasant

To destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate

A person or thing remaining fixed in the same position

Many, a large number, countless

A world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society

Character or style of a person's writing by hand

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

The act of falling from a righteous or just position: a slight moral failure

A disease, illness, or medical condition

To escape from someone or something

To break something down into its parts in order to explain or understand it

To strive for a goal; to want or desire something

To make something necessary

Extremely hungry; filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied

Having two sides

A god or goddess

A line; a group of people waiting in order