Vocab Week 11

Meander

To wander randomly

Instigate

To start trouble

Heed

To obey

Virtuoso

An accomplished musician

Predecessor

The person who came before another

Deplete

To use up; to reduce

Compliant

Submissive; obedient

Inadvertent

Accidental; unintentional

Acquiesce

To agree finally; to go along with something

Levity

Humor

Belittle

To put down; to disparage

Extraneous

Irrelevant; extra; unnecessary

Digress

To stray from the subject

Emulate

To copy something admired; to imitate

Appease

To make peace with; to satisfy

Sage (sagacious)

A wise person

Nostalgic

Yearning for the good old days

Assuage

To soothe

Saccharine

Overly sweet

Stanza

A section of a poem