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Week 4 Day 3 Vocab
Week 4 Day 3 Vocabulary Words
Term | Definition |
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Ardent | intensely eager; passionate |
Assail | 1. To attack violently or verbally 2. to trouble in the mind |
Asset | 1. Anything owned that is of value and can be sold or otherwise disposed of 2. a quality that can be used to advantage |
Barter | to exchange goods or services without the use of money |
Bonanza | a source of great wealth; something that brings great riches |
Contagious | able to be passed easily from one person to another |
Contemplate | 1. To give careful thought to; to ponder 2. to have plans to; to intend |
Deter | to discourage or prevent from taking action |
Flair | a natural gift or ability; a talent |
Forfeit | to be forced to give up or lose |
Innovation | something new; a new way of doing something |
Mania | an intense or extreme enthusiasm or excitement |
Stymie | to thwart, to make difficulties for or find problems with |
Synonymous | alike or close in meaning; closely related |
Wrangle | to quarrel in a noisy or angry way |
Congenial | 1. Getting along well with others; affable 2. suited to one’s needs or tastes; agreeable |
Decipher | 1. To convert from a code or secret writing into ordinary language; to decode 2. to interpret the meaning of something puzzling; to solve |
Dissect | 1. To cut into in order to study 2. to study closely; to analyze |
Enigma | anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or had to figure out |
Ineffectual | not bringing about the desired result, futile |
Infallible | 1. Incapable of making an error; never wrong 2. unlikely to fail or go wrong |
Irrepressible | incapable of being controlled or held back |
Millennium | a period of one 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 |
Luminous | 1. Giving off light 2. clear; easy to understand |