SAT Vocab 2

lacking harmony or agreement

fertile; productive

to swell; to expand

highly unstable; explosive

generous; kind

to examine very carefully

a wiseman; to be wise through experience and reflection

feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense

proper; in good taste

brilliant; giving off heat or light

overly dramatic

naturally peaceful

to speed up the progress of

to attack with words or force

intended to teach; morally instructive

lacking ideas or intelligence

to annoy thoroughly

to confirm; to back up with evidence

to place side by side

to ridicule