Word Masters Blue Division Vocab

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far-flung

Back 1

extending over a great distance

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eventuate

Back 2

to come about, to issue

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dislodge

Back 3

to remove or force out of a particular place

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cocklebur

Back 4

any composite plant of the genus Xanthium, comprising coarse weeds with spiny burs.

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to vex

Back 5

to irritate, to annoy, to distress

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fauna

Back 6

the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole

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genus

Back 7

a class or group of individuals, or of species of individuals.

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pristine

Back 8

unpolluted, untouched

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detritus

Back 9

any disintegrated material; debris

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inclined plane

Back 10

a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle

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farce

Back 11

foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham

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idée fixe

Back 12

a fixed idea; an obsession

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smattering

Back 13

n- a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something: a smattering of Latin.

adj- slight or superficial

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inertia

Back 14

the ability of an object to resist changes to its state of motion

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conifer

Back 15

a plant producing naked seeds in cones, or single naked seeds as in yews, but with pollen always borne in cones

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phylum

Back 16

a category consisting of language stocks that, because of cognates in vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin

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afflict

Back 17

to distress with mental or bodily pain

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plunder

Back 18

to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids,

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beset

Back 19

to attack on all sides; assail; harass

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bane

Back 20

a person or thing that ruins or spoils

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curative

Back 21

serving to cure or heal

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flummox

Back 22

to bewilder; confound; confuse.

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flora

Back 23

the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole

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species

Back 24

class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind

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inveigle

Back 25

to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements

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intentionality

Back 26

done with intention or on purpose; intended

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aphorism

Back 27

a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation

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didactic

Back 28

intended for instruction; instructive

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colloquial

Back 29

informal (writing)

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hyperbole

Back 30

obvious and intentional exaggeration, not supposed to be taken literally

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degradation

Back 31

the act of being degraded

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oxymoron

Back 32

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly

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indiscriminate

Back 33

not kept apart or divided; thrown together

lacking in care, judgment, selectivity