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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
mediocre 
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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 |
| (惡毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (學究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
misanthrope
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| (無所不能的,全能的) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (陳詞濫調) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (臭名昭著的,聲名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (厭惡人類的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
monologue
3
| (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 |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗長的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (獨白,個人長篇演說) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
murky
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| (煩惱,激怒,蕁麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (陳詞濫調) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (暗的,模糊的,曖昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
nautical
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| (航海的) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (錢的,貨幣的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (暗的,模糊的,曖昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
nostalgia
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| (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. |
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (獨白,個人長篇演說) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (入迷,固執的念頭) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
obsession
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| (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 |
| (入迷,固執的念頭) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (顯然的,虛假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (惡毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
obviate
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| (臭名昭著的,聲名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (消除,排除 避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗魯的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (無所不能的,全能的) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
paraphrase
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| (解釋,批註,註釋) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (顯然的,虛假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (偏愛,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (預言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
pedant
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| (偏愛,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (專制的,強硬的,專橫的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (學究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (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. |