SAT Vocab 2

generous; kind

intended to teach; morally instructive

proper; in good taste

lacking harmony or agreement

fertile; productive

to annoy thoroughly

to examine very carefully

brilliant; giving off heat or light

to attack with words or force

to confirm; to back up with evidence

to ridicule

to swell; to expand

feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense

to speed up the progress of

naturally peaceful

to place side by side

highly unstable; explosive

overly dramatic

a wiseman; to be wise through experience and reflection

lacking ideas or intelligence