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Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
callous 
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 | (哀れむ) grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune |
| (お悔やみ) expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief. |
| (編) emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened |
| (広い) spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient |
cantankerous
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| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| (哀れむ) grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune |
| (編) emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened |
| (抑制) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
chronic
3
| (建設) act of constructing or building something |
| (慢性) lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases |
| (当惑) confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass |
| (学者) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
clandestine
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| (ザッ) casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed |
| (率直) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (秘密) secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
| (洪水) great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water |
coalition
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| (慢性) lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases |
| (あら探し) intended to confuse in an argument |
| (シニカルな) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
| (連立政権) partnership; league; state of being combined into one body |
commodious
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| (学者) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
| (秘密) secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
| (広い) spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient |
| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
compunction
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| (良心の呵責) feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| (原油) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance |
| (率直) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (合体) combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
construction
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| (強制) use of force to get someone to obey |
| (建設) act of constructing or building something |
| (互換性) harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes |
| (廃止) express disapproval of; protest against; belittle |
curb
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| (控えめ) modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| (広い) spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient |
| (素っ気ない) having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner |
| (抑制) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
curt
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| (ディスクリート) separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts |
| (談話) formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
| (素っ気ない) having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner |
| (建設) act of constructing or building something |