SAT vocabulary
Foment
To instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
Example
"The agitators sought to foment discontent among the factory workers."
Etymology
From Latin fomentare 'to apply a poultice, to warm,' later 'to stir up.'
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