| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | ache for | to long for |
| 2. | aim | an intended goal |
| 3. | ambition | a strong drive to achieve |
| 4. | anticipation | expecting something to happen |
| 5. | appeal | an earnest request |
| 6. | appetite | a desire for something |
| 7. | ask | to request |
| 8. | aspiration | a cherished ambition |
| 9. | aspire to | to aim for |
| 10. | attempt | an effort to achieve |
| 11. | be anxious to | to want very much |
| 12. | be dying to | to want intensely |
| 13. | be eager to | to want strongly |
| 14. | be hungry for | to desire strongly |
| 15. | be itching to | to be eager to |
| 16. | be keen to | to want eagerly |
| 17. | be thirsty for | to desire strongly |
| 18. | beg for | to ask desperately |
| 19. | beseech | to beg urgently |
| 20. | burn to | to desire intensely |
| 21. | caprice | an impulsive, unpredictable desire |
| 22. | chance | a possibility of happening |
| 23. | court | to seek to gain |
| 24. | covet | to desire what others have |
| 25. | crave to | to want strongly |
| 26. | craving | a powerful desire |
| 27. | daydream | a pleasant imagined hope |
| 28. | demand | a forceful request |
| 29. | desideratum | something desired |
| 30. | desire | a strong want |
| 31. | dream | a cherished hope or goal |
| 32. | effort | an attempt requiring work |
| 33. | endeavor | a serious attempt |
| 34. | entreat | to ask earnestly |
| 35. | entreaty | an urgent, pleading request |
| 36. | expectancy | the state of expecting |
| 37. | expectation | a belief something will happen |
| 38. | fancy | a sudden liking or desire |
| 39. | fantasy | an imagined desire |
| 40. | fish for | to try to get indirectly |
| 41. | fond hope | a cherished hope |
| 42. | go for | to attempt to get |
| 43. | goal | an objective you seek |
| 44. | have a mind to | to be inclined to |
| 45. | have in mind | to intend or want |
| 46. | heart’s desire | your deepest desire |
| 47. | hope | a feeling of expectation |
| 48. | hopefulness | a feeling of hope |
| 49. | hunger | a strong desire |
| 50. | ideal | a perfect aim or hope |
| 51. | implore | to beg earnestly |
| 52. | inclination | a tendency to want |
| 53. | insist on | to demand firmly |
| 54. | intend to | to plan to |
| 55. | intention | a plan to do something |
| 56. | long to | to desire deeply |
| 57. | longing | a deep, persistent desire |
| 58. | lust for | to desire strongly |
| 59. | mean to | to intend to |
| 60. | mind | a desire or inclination |
| 61. | need | to require or want |
| 62. | optimism | a tendency to expect good |
| 63. | petition | a formal request |
| 64. | pine for | to long for |
| 65. | pipe dream | an unrealistic hope |
| 66. | plea | an urgent request |
| 67. | plead for | to ask urgently |
| 68. | prayer | an earnest request to God |
| 69. | prefer to | to wish rather |
| 70. | preference | a greater liking for |
| 71. | prospect | a likely future possibility |
| 72. | pursuit | the act of seeking |
| 73. | quest | a long search for |
| 74. | request | an act of asking |
| 75. | require | to need or want |
| 76. | requirement | something needed or wanted |
| 77. | search | an attempt to find |
| 78. | seek to | to try to |
| 79. | seeking | trying to obtain |
| 80. | set out to | to intend to do |
| 81. | shoot for | to aim for |
| 82. | shot | a chance or attempt |
| 83. | solicit | to seek or request |
| 84. | striving | trying hard to achieve |
| 85. | supplicate | to beg humbly |
| 86. | supplication | a humble, earnest request |
| 87. | thirst | a strong desire for |
| 88. | try | an attempt to do |
| 89. | urge | a strong impulse |
| 90. | vie for | to compete to obtain |
| 91. | vision | an imagined future goal |
| 92. | want | a lack or need for |
| 93. | whim | a sudden changeable desire |
| 94. | will | a desire or intention |
| 95. | wishful thinking | unrealistic hopeful thinking |
| 96. | wishfulness | the state of wishing |
| 97. | would like to | to wish politely |
| 98. | would love to | to wish eagerly |
| 99. | yearn to | to long for |
| 100. | yearning | an intense longing |