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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
mercenary 
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 | (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (пошлости) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (грешок) slight offense; small sin or fault |
microcosm
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| (микромире) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (устаревших) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
murky
3
| (хищные) living by preying on other animals |
| (темные) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (вредный) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
noisome
4
| (вредный) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (педантичным) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
notorious
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| (пресловутый) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (прерогативой) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
obtrude
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| (навязывать) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (ночной) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (вредный) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (прерогативой) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
ostensible
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| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (предварительной) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
peccadillo
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| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (всемогущим) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (грешок) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
peremptory
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| (Ответственность) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (императивной) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (ранней) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
perverse
10
| (ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (педантичным) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |