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WW Lesson 14
Vocabulary Words and Definitions for SIS 8th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Getting along well with others; affable | Congenial |
| Suited to one's needs or tastes; agreeable | Congenial |
| To convert from a code or secret writing into ordinary language; to decode | Decipher |
| To interpret the meaning of something puzzling; to solve | Decipher |
| To cut into in order to study | Dissect |
| To study closely; to analyze | Dissect |
| Anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to figure out | Enigma |
| Not bringing about the desired result, futile | Ineffectual |
| Incapable of making an error; never wrong | Infallible |
| Unlikely to fail or go wrong | Infallible |
| Incapable of being controlled or held back | Irrepressible |
| Giving off light | Luminous |
| Clear; easy to understand | Luminous |
| A period of one thousand years | Millennium |
| An area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud | Mire |
| A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease | Pestilence |
| To fail to develop, change, or move | Stagnate |
| Great or noble in expression, thought, or manner; splendid | Sublime |
| To compete for, as in a contest | Vie |
| Having great bulk or volume; ample | Voluminous |