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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
masquerade 
1
 | slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks |
| excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| slight offense; small sin or fault |
meretricious
2
| convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
meticulous
3
| postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
microcosm
4
| crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
notorious
5
| slight offense; small sin or fault |
| marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
novice
6
| beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| read or examine, typically with great care |
| exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
oblivion
7
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| living by preying on other animals |
| condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
paradox
8
| something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| living by preying on other animals |
| of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
paraphrase
9
| push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
peccadillo
10
| marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| slight offense; small sin or fault |