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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
masquerade 
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 | (Маскарад) assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks |
| (забывать) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (мирской) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
maudlin
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| (меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (злоба) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (Модлин) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
meander
3
| (парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (пресловутый) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (ночной) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
meticulous
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| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (забывать) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
microcosm
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| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (ранней) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (предварительной) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (микромире) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
misnomer
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| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (вредный) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (Престиж) impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance |
| (знакомиться) read or examine, typically with great care |
nostalgia
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| (ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (характер) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
oblivion
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| (забвение) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (знакомиться) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (микромире) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (множество) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
paraphrase
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| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (забывать) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
peruse
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| (знакомиться) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (всемогущим) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (медлить) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |