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Group (4) - Matching Quizzes
nuance 
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 | (спокойный) peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| (пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position |
| (меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (нюанс) subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning |
obsession
2
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| (открытой) open to view; not secret or hidden |
| (одержимость) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (парии) social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home |
ogle
3
| (склонность) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning |
| (прецедент) act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| (Огл) look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice |
| (Ответственность) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
opaque
4
| (непрозрачной) impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster |
| (предписание) rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order |
| (паразит) animal or plant living on another |
| (открытой) open to view; not secret or hidden |
ostentatious
5
| (показной) showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention |
| (пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position |
| (Paragon) model of excellence or perfection; peerless example |
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
paragon
6
| (нюанс) subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning |
| (Paragon) model of excellence or perfection; peerless example |
| (скудные) deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble |
| (пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
parry
7
| (всеведущий) having total knowledge; knowing everything |
| (приемлемыми) acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten |
| (устранить) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (парировать) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
pathos
8
| (вытеснить) expel; eject from a position or place; force out |
| (предписание) rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order |
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| (Ответственность) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
potable
9
| (Преамбула) introductory statement; introductory paragraph or division of discourse or writing |
| (питьевой) suitable for drinking; drinkable |
| (самонадеянно) overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward |
| (забывать) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
precedent
10
| (скрыть) confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex |
| (предчувствие) sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition |
| (прецедент) act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases |
| (открытой) open to view; not secret or hidden |