SAT #1

                 SAT #1

emulate: to copy something admired; to imitate
digress: to stray from the subject
extraneous: irrelevant: extra; unnecessary
belittle: to put down; to disparage
levity: humor
acquiesce: to agree finally; to go along with something
inadvertent: accidental; unintentional
compliant: submissive; obedient
deplete: to use up; to reduce
predecessor: the person who came before another
virtuoso: an accomplished musician
heed: to obey
instigate: to start trouble
meander: to wander randomly
atrophy: to waste away from lack of use
caustic: burning; uncomplimentary
laud: to praise
amiable: friendly
tedious: boring; painstaking
benign: harmless
indolence: laziness
ambivalent: undecided
solemn: serious; grave
novel: new; unusual (secondary meaning)
apocryphal: a doubtful origin; mythical

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