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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malice 
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 | (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (唯利是图) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
motley
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| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (多彩的,杂色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
mundane
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| (模仿,摹拟) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (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 |
| (悖论) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
nettle
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| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
noisome
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| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
nostalgia
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| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
oblivious
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| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
onus
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| (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 |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (无所不能的,全能的) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
pedantic
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| (唯利是图) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
pertinacious
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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 |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (包治百病的药,灵丹妙药) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |