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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
meretricious
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| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
microcosm
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| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (微观世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
monologue
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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 |
| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
mundane
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| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (掠夺的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
murky
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| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (序,先驱,先导) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (微观世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
noisome
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| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (发布,公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
oblivious
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| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
paraphrase
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| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (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 |
| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
platitude
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| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (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 |