Across
- 2. fertile; productive
- 3. to attack with words or force
- 6. overly dramatic
- 12. to swell; to extend
- 15. to annoy thoroughly
- 16. To confirm; back up with evidence
- 17. intend to teach; morally instructive
- 18. to place side by side
- 20. to speed up the progress of
Down
- 1. to examine very carefully
- 4. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense
- 5. lacking ideas or intelligence
- 7. naturally peaceful
- 8. lacking harmony or agreement
- 9. generous; kind
- 10. brilliant; giving off heat or light
- 11. a wise man; to be wise through experience reflection
- 13. highly unstable; explosive
- 14. proper, in good taste
- 19. to ridicule