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15 Cards in this Set
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congenial
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getting alon well with others; affable
suited to ones needs or tastes |
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decipher
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to convert from a code or secret writing into ordinary language
to decode to interpret the meaning of something puzzling to solve |
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dissect
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to cut into in order to study
to study closely ot analyze |
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enigma
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anything that is puzzling mysterious, or hard to figure out
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ineffectual
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not bringing about the desired result; futile
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infallible
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incapable of making an error; never wrong
unlikely to fail or go wrong |
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irrepressible
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incapable of being controlled
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luminous
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giving off light
clear 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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an area of wet swampy ground
deep mud to get stuck as if in a mire |
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pestilence
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a rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease
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stagnate
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to fail to develop change or move
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sublime
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great or noble in expression
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vie
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to compete for
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voluminous
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having great bulk or volume
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