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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
mediocre 
1
 | condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| read or examine, typically with great care |
| belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
mercenary
2
| deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| living by preying on other animals |
| offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
meretricious
3
| natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
misnomer
4
| error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| living by preying on other animals |
| offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
nettle
5
| natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
oblivion
6
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
onus
7
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| read or examine, typically with great care |
| slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
parody
8
| marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
peruse
9
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| read or examine, typically with great care |
| restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
platitude
10
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |