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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malicious 
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 | (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (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 |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
meander
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| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (细读) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
meticulous
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| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (偏爱,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
obsession
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| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (预言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
obviate
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| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (微观世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
panacea
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| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (包治百病的药,灵丹妙药) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (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. |
panegyric
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| (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
peccadillo
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| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (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 |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
peremptory
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| (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 |
| (模仿,摹拟) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
perverse
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| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |