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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
mercenary 
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 | (唯利是图) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
mottled
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| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
mundane
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| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
nocturnal
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| (偏爱,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (化装舞会,伪装) assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
obtrude
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| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
obtrusive
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| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
ostracize
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| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
panegyric
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| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
peremptory
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| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
pertinacious
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| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |