SAT Vocabulary - SAT Vocabulary List 15

Here are more SAT vocabulary words you should know before taking the SAT. After you have conquered this list, you can move on to the other SAT vocabulary lists found in the index.

(Please note that definitions have been kept short for memorization purposes.)

1. Vacillate - to sway from one side to another
2. Whet - to stimulate, make more keen
3. Volition - a conscious choice or decision
4. Undulate - to move in a smooth wavelike motion
5. Trite - overused, hackneyed
6. Synopsis - a summary
7. Ruse - a trick
8. Revel - to enjoy
9. Purport - to present an intention that is often false
10. Ostracize - to exclude from a community