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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
meander 
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 | (蛇行) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (断崖絶壁) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
mediocre
2
| (平凡な) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (責任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
mimic
3
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (やる気) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (決まり文句) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
monologue
4
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
nautical
5
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (紛失) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
nocturnal
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| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (蛇行) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (やる気) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (夜行性) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
nostalgia
7
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (岬) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
obtrusive
8
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (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. |
| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
panacea
9
| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (やる気) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
parody
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| (夜行性) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |