Vocab Lesson 14

Question 1

congenial

Answer 1

Getting along well with others; affable.

Question 2

congenial

Answer 2

Getting along well with others; affable.

Suited to one’s needs or tastes; agreeable.

Question 3

dissect

Answer 3

To cut into in order to study.

To study closely; to analyze.

Question 4

enigma

enigmatic

Answer 4

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

Puzzling; mysterious.

Question 5

ineffectual

Answer 5

Not bringing about the desired result, futile.

Question 6

infallible

Answer 6

Incapable of making an error; never wrong.

Unlikely to fail or go wrong.

Question 7

irrepressible

Answer 7

Incapable of being controlled or held back.

Question 8

luminous

Answer 8

Giving off light.

Clear; easy to understand.

Question 9

millennium

Answer 9

A period of one thousand years.

Question 10

mire

Answer 10

An area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud.

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

Question 11

pestilence

Answer 11

A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease.

Question 12

stagnate

stagnant

Answer 12

To fail to develop, change, or move.

Not moving, changing, or developing.

Question 13

sublime

Answer 13

Great or noble in expression, thought, or manner; splendid.

Question 14

vie

Answer 14

To compete for, as in a contest.

Question 15

voluminous

Answer 15

Having great bulk or volume; ample.