| A | B |
| congenial (adj.) | getting along well with others |
| decipher (v.) | to convert from a code into ordinary language |
| dissect (v.) | to cut into inorder to study |
| enigma (n.) | anyhting that is puzzling |
| ineffectual (adj.) | futile |
| infallible (adj.) | incapable of making an error |
| irrepressible (adj.) | incapable of being controlled or held |
| luminous (n.) | giving off light |
| millennium (n.) | a period of one thousand years |
| mire (n.) | an area of wet, swampy, ground; deep mud |
| mire (v.) | unable to make progress |
| pestilence (n.) | a rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease |
| stagnate (v.) | to fail to develop, change or move |
| sublime (adj.) | splendid |
| vie (v.) | to compete for, as in a contest |
| voluminous (adj.) | having great bulk or volume |