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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
mundane 
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 | (消除,排除 避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (剽竊) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
oblivion
2
| (細讀) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (遺忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (特權) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
obtrude
3
| (插手,強入,衝出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (顯然的,虛假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (掠奪的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (怨恨,憤恨) indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure |
panegyric
4
| (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 |
| (善談的人,滿肚子故事的人) storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit |
| (徹底摧毀) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
paradox
5
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (徹底摧毀) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
| (互相的,互動的,互惠的) concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
peccadillo
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| (懲罰的) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
| (掠奪的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
| (輕罪,輕微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (多彩的,雜色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
peruse
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| (細讀) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (錢的,貨幣的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (徹底摧毀) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
| (厭惡人類的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
petrify
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| (推遲,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (包治百病的藥,靈丹妙藥) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (反駁) disprove; prove to be false or incorrect |
predatory
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| (不正當的,邪惡的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (徹底摧毀) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
| (掠奪的,食肉的) living by preying on other animals |
quixotic
10
| (空想的,狂想的) idealistic without regard to practicality |
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (入迷,固執的念頭) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (撒謊,支吾,搪塞,糊弄) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |