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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
mercenary 
1
 | (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (пошлости) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
misanthrope
2
| (одержимость) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
nettle
3
| (Ответственность) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (обнародовать) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (пошлости) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (крапива) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
nostalgia
4
| (ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (пресловутый) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (резкое) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
notorious
5
| (пресловутый) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (близости) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
novice
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| (начинающих) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (микромире) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (крапива) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
obtrusive
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| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (навязчивой) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
ostensible
8
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (пошлости) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (ночной) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
panacea
9
| (морских) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (пошлости) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
paradox
10
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (резкое) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (морских) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |