Chapter 14

Question 1

congenial

Answer 1

adj. 1. getting along well with others; affable

2. Suited to one’s needs or tastes; agreeable

Question 2

decipher

Answer 2

v. 1. to convert from a code or secret writing into ordinary language; to decode
2. to to interpret the meaning of something puzzling; to solve

Question 3

dissect

Answer 3

v. to cut into in order to study

2. to study closely; to analyze

Question 4

enigma

Answer 4

n. Anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to figure out

Question 5

enigmatic

Answer 5

adj. puzzling; mysterious

Question 6

ineffectual

Answer 6

adj. not bringing about the desired result; futile

Question 7

infallible

Answer 7

adj. 1. incapable of making an error; never wrong

2. unlikely to fail or go wrong

Question 8

irrepressable

Answer 8

adj. incapable of being controlled or held back

Question 9

luminous

Answer 9

adj. 1. giving off light

2. clear; easy to understand

Question 10

millennium

Answer 10

n. a period of one thousand years

Question 11

mire

Answer 11

n. an area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud

v. to get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress

Question 12

pestilence

Answer 12

n. a rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease

Question 13

stagnate

Answer 13

v. to fail to develop, change, or move

Question 14

stagnant

Answer 14

adj. not moving, changing, or developing

Question 15

sublime

Answer 15

adj. great or noble in expression, thought, or manner; splendid

Question 16

vie

Answer 16

v. to compete for, as in a contest

Question 17

voluminous

Answer 17

adj. having great bulk or volume; ample