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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malice 
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 | (惡毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (遺忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (惡意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
meander
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| (彎曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (負擔,責任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (書生氣的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
meretricious
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| (華而不實的,俗豔的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (掠奪的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (專制的,強硬的,專橫的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (消除,排除 避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
misnomer
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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 |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (過時的,無用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
obviate
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| (消除,排除 避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (惡毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (包治百病的藥,靈丹妙藥) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
ostracize
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| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (不確定的,冒風險) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (過時的,無用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
panacea
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| (掠奪的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (輕罪,輕微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (包治百病的藥,靈丹妙藥) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (遺忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
paradox
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| (解釋,批註,註釋) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (無所不能的,全能的) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (偏愛,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
paraphrase
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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 |
| (掠奪的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (剽竊) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (解釋,批註,註釋) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
peccadillo
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| (輕罪,輕微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (預言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (遺忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (推崇之至) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |