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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
meander 
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 | (蛇行) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (人間嫌い) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (暫定) temporary; provided for present need only |
microcosm
2
| (出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
morose
3
| (小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (悪意) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
mottled
4
| (紛失) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (斑状) spotted with different shades or colors |
murky
5
| (平凡な) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (人間嫌い) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
nettle
6
| (平凡な) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (イラクサ) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (閲覧) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
nostalgia
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| (ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (蛇行) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
obsession
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| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (表向き) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
ostensible
9
| (表向き) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (先延ばし) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
ostracize
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| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (言い換え) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (蛇行) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (追放) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |