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Lesson 14 Vocabulary
Lesson 14
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English
8th Grade
03/17/2011

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congenial

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Getting along well with others

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decipher

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  1. To convert from a code; to decode
  2. To enterperate the meaning of; to solve
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dissect

 

 

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  1. To cut in order to study
  2. To analyze; to study closely
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enigma

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anything that is puzzling or mysterious;

or hard to figure out

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inneffectual

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not bringing about the desired result

 

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infallible

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  1. incapable of making an error
  2. unlikely to fail or go wrong
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irrepressible

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incapable of being controlled or held back

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luminous

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  1. giving off light
  2. easy to understand
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millennium

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a period of one thousand years

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mire

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  1. an area of wet, swampy mud
  2. to get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress
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pestilence

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a rapidly spreading and usual fatal disease

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stagnate

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1. to fail to develop, change or move

2. not moving, chaning ot developing

 

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sublime

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great or noble in expression, thought, or manner

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vie

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to compete for, as in a contest

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voluminous

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having great bulk or volume

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