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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malice 
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 | (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (темные) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
meander
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| (показной) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (близости) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (морских) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
mediocre
3
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (крапива) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (посредственный) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
obdurate
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| (обнародовать) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (упрямый) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
oblivion
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| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (забвение) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (вредоносных) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
obsession
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| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (вредоносных) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (одержимость) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
ostensible
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| (остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (презумпция) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (близости) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
ostracize
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| (ночной) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (императивной) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
panegyric
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| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
paraphrase
10
| (пристрастие) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (забвение) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |