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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
masquerade 
1
 | (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (仮面舞踏会) assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks |
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
maudlin
2
| (衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (感傷) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
mettle
3
| (人間嫌い) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (やる気) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
misanthrope
4
| (取り除く) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (人間嫌い) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (イラクサ) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
nostalgia
5
| (忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
notorious
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| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (決まり文句) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (やる気) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
oblivion
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| (先延ばし) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
obsolete
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| (結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (取り除く) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (斑状) spotted with different shades or colors |
obtrude
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| (結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (消えない) impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance |
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
omnipotent
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| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (責任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (特権) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (閲覧) read or examine, typically with great care |