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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (鬱悶的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (預言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (錯誤的名字,寫錯名字,用詞不當) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
meticulous
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| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (無數,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
microcosm
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| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (微觀世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
mimic
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| (不確定的,冒風險) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (解釋,批註,註釋) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (錯誤的名字,寫錯名字,用詞不當) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (模仿,摹擬) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
morose
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| (推遲,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (鬱悶的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (多彩的,雜色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
nostalgia
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| (陳詞濫調) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
obsolete
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| (過時的,無用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (偏愛,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
ostracize
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| (包治百病的藥,靈丹妙藥) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (模仿,摹擬) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (接近,親近) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
pecuniary
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| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (臭名昭著的,聲名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (錢的,貨幣的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
peruse
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| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (細讀) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (不確定的,冒風險) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |