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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
meretricious 
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 | (показной) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (Ответственность) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (морских) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
monologue
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| (монолог) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (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 |
| (морских) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
morose
3
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (ранней) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
ostensible
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| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (ранней) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (угрюмый) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
ostracize
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| (остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (вредоносных) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
panegyric
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| (ранней) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (панегирик) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (показной) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (пектиновых) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
paraphrase
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| (крапива) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (псевдонимом) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
pedant
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| (упрямый) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (мизантропа) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
pedantic
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| (монолог) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (крапива) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (педантичным) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
pertinacious
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| (пектиновых) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (крапива) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (устранить) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (пестрый) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |