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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
meander 
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 | (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
misnomer
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| (包治百病的药,灵丹妙药) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (偏爱,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (错误的名字,写错名字,用词不当) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (无所不能的,全能的) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
murky
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| (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
myriad
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| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (临时的) temporary; provided for present need only |
nautical
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| (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (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 |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
obtrude
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| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
panegyric
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| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (微观世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
paradox
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| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (悖论) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
paraphrase
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| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
peccadillo
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| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |