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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malice 
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 | (презумпция) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
mediocre
2
| (пристрастие) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (упрямый) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (посредственный) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
mercenary
3
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (прерогативой) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
misnomer
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| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (подражать) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (пошлости) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
mottled
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| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (темные) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (пестрый) spotted with different shades or colors |
mundane
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| (пестрый) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (мирской) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
obsession
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| (начинающих) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (одержимость) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (пресловутый) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
panacea
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| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (медлить) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
panegyric
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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 |
| (забвение) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
peruse
10
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (знакомиться) read or examine, typically with great care |