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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malicious 
1
 | (прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (подражать) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (вредоносных) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
meander
2
| (близости) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (Маскарад) assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks |
| (мыс) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
mediocre
3
| (посредственный) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (пектиновых) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
mercenary
4
| (прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (монолог) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
meticulous
5
| (неустойчивой) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (одержимость) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
mimic
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| (парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (подражать) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (монолог) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
mundane
7
| (посредственный) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (мирской) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
obsolete
8
| (посредственный) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (устаревших) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (резкое) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
ostracize
9
| (всемогущим) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (пектиновых) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
pedant
10
| (пектиновых) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (пресловутый) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |