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congenial getting along well with others; affable
congenial suited to ones needs or tastes; agreeable
decipher to convert froma code or secret writing into ordinary language; to decode
decipher to interpret the meaning of something puzzling; to solve
dissect to cut in order to study
dissect to study closely; to analyze
enigma anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to figure out
enigmatic puzzling; mysterious
ineffectual not bringing about the desired result, furtile
infallible incapable of making an error; never wrong
infallible unlikely to fail or go wrong
irrepressible incapable of being controled or held back
luminous giving off light
luminous clear; easy to understand
millennium a period of one thousand years
mire an area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud
mire to get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress
pestilence a rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease
stagnate to fail to develop, change, or move
stagnant not moving, changing, or developing
sublime great or noble in expression, thought, or manner; splendid
vie to compete for, as in a contest
voluminous having great bulk or volume; ample

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  1. decipherto convert froma code or secret writing into ordinary language; to decode - 1 miss
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