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Lesson 14
Worldly Wise 3000 book 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 hard to figure out. |
| enigmatic | Puzzling; mysterious. |
| 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. |
| luminous | 1. Giving off light. 2. Clear; easy to understand. |
| millennium | A period of one thousand years. |
| mire | 1. An area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud. 2. To get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress. |
| pestilence | A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease. |
| stagnate | To fail to develop, change, or move. |
| stagnant | Not moving, changing, or developing. |
| 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. |