Definition
to bring about or initiate (an action or event)
In a sentence
“He instigated a debate among his classmates.”
Similar words
- provoke
- start
Related vocabulary
Why this word matters: instigate appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.