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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
jeopardy
danger
supercilious
haughty; arrogant
avarice
greed
pivotal
important; critical; crucial
blithe
free-spirited; carefree
scrupulous
careful; diligent; moral
volatile
changeable; unstable; explosive
voluminous
very large; spacious
peripheral
on the edge; surrounding; unimportant
hedonistic
pleasure-seeking; indulgent
amity
friendship
benefactor
a generous donor; someone who helps
apocryphal
a doubtful origin; mythical
slander
to defame; to speak maliciously of someone
animosity
hatred
stringent
strict; harsh; severe
hackneyed
banal; over-used
amass
to accumulate; to pile up
verbose
wordily; overly talkative
trepidation
fear
desecrate
to profane a holy place
fortuitous
accidental; happening by chance or luck
vehement
urgent; passionate; forceful
credulous
gullible; overly trusting
blasphemy
heretical departure from accepted practice
lax
careless; not diligent; relaxed
cryptic
mysterious; puzzling; enigmatic
hinder
to obstruct
esoteric
understood only by a select few
pretentious
pompous; self-important
incongruous
not fitting in; out of place
unprecedented
occurring for the first time; novel; never seen before
merger
a joining; a uniting
pedestrian
common; ordinary; banal (secondary meaning)
prudent
careful; cautious
exemplary
outstanding; settling a great example
sycophant
a book licker; a brownnoser
neutral
unbiased; not taking sides; objective
rescind
to repeal; to take back; formally
retract
to take back (e.g., a statement)