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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
mercenary 
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 | (唯利是图) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (发布,公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
mettle
2
| (勇气,精神) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (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 |
noisome
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| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
nostalgia
4
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (发布,公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
notorious
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| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (预言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
oblivious
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| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (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 |
obsession
7
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
obsolete
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| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (模仿,摹拟) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
obviate
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| (钱的,货币的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
panegyric
10
| (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 |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |