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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malicious 
1
 | (悪意) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (感傷) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
maudlin
2
| (感傷) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
meretricious
3
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (推定) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (押し付けがましい) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (けばけばしい) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
misnomer
4
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
monologue
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| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
morose
6
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
nautical
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| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (イラクサ) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
oblivion
8
| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
obsession
9
| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (傭兵) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
omnipotent
10
| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (けばけばしい) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |