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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
mediocre
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| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
meretricious
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| (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 |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
mettle
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| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (勇气,精神) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
motley
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| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (多彩的,杂色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
mottled
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| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
mundane
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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 |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (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 |
murky
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| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
nostalgia
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| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (勇气,精神) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
notorious
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| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |