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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
masquerade 
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 | (平凡な) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (保存) living by preying on other animals |
| (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 |
| (表向き) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
microcosm
2
| (傭兵) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (小宇宙) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| (嫌なにおい) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
notorious
3
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (言い換え) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
oblivion
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| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (細心) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
obsolete
5
| (先延ばし) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
obtrusive
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| (押し付けがましい) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (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 |
omnipotent
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| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (保存) living by preying on other animals |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
paradox
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| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (イラクサ) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
parody
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| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (あまのじゃく) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
pecuniary
10
| (結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (夜行性) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (微罪) slight offense; small sin or fault |