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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (临时的) temporary; provided for present need only |
nettle
2
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (微观世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
nocturnal
3
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
notorious
4
| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (序,先驱,先导) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
oblivion
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| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (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 |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
obtrude
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| (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 |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
obtrusive
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| (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. |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
platitude
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| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
plebeian
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| (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 |
| (显然的,虚假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (临时的) temporary; provided for present need only |
ponderous
10
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (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 |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |