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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
masquerade 
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 | (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 |
| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
meretricious
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| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
misnomer
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| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (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 |
| (勇气,精神) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (显然的,虚假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
myriad
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| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
| (临时的) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (预言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
nostalgia
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| (掠夺的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
oblivion
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| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
oblivious
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| (序,先驱,先导) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
obtrude
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| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (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 |
obtrusive
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| (细读) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (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. |
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗鲁的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
onus
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| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |