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lesson 14
Term | Definition |
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congenial | getting along with others or suited to one's need or tastes;agreeable |
decipher | to convert from a code or secret writing into ordinary language; to decode or to interpret the meaning of something; to solve |
dissect | to cut into in order to study or to study closely; to analyze |
enigma | anything that is puzzling, mysterious or hard to figure out |
ineffectual | not bringing about the desired result; futile |
infalliable | incapable of making an error; never wrong or unlikely to fail or go wrong |
irrepressible | incapable of being controlled or held back |
luminous | giving off light ro clear; easy to understand |
millennium | a period of a thousand years |
mire | an area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud |
pestilence | a rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease |
stagnate | to fail to develop, change or move |
sublime | great or noble in expression, thought or manner; splendid |
vie | to compete for, as in a contest |
voluminous | having great bulk or volume; ample. |