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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
microcosm 
1
 | one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
mimic
2
| cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
mottled
3
| habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance |
| no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| spotted with different shades or colors |
| marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
murky
4
| speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
nostalgia
5
| homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| spotted with different shades or colors |
| small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
obdurate
6
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily |
| dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
obtrude
7
| push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
onus
8
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
pedantic
9
| postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
perverse
10
| stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| slight offense; small sin or fault |
| postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |