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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
meander 
1
 | tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| slight offense; small sin or fault |
meretricious
2
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
morose
3
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| slight offense; small sin or fault |
motley
4
| moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
mundane
5
| one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| spotted with different shades or colors |
nostalgia
6
| homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| slight offense; small sin or fault |
obsolete
7
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
obviate
8
| bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| spotted with different shades or colors |
| inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
paraphrase
9
| multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
parody
10
| extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| spotted with different shades or colors |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |