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Wordly Wise 14
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15
Language - English
8th Grade
03/29/2008

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Term
Congenial
Definition
1. Getting along well with others
2. Suited to ones needs or tastes 
Term
Decipher
Definition
1. To convert from code or secret writing into ordinary language
2. To decode 
Term
Dissect
Definition
1. To cut into in order to study
Term
Enigma
Definition
1. Anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to figure out
Term
Ineffectual
Definition
1. Not bringing about the desired result
Term
Infallible
Definition
1. Incapable of making an error, never wrong
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Irrepressible
Definition
1. Incapable of being controlled or held back
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luminous
Definition
1. Giving off light
2. Clear; easy to understand 
Term
Millennium
Definition
1. A period of one thousand years
Term
Mire
Definition
1. An area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud
2. Unable to make progress 
Term
Pestilence
Definition
1. A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease
Term
Stagnate
Definition
1. To fail to develop, change, or move
Term
Sublime
Definition
1. Great or nobel in expression, though, or manner; splendid
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Vie
Definition
1. To compete for, as in a contest
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Voluminous
Definition
1. Having great bulk or volume
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