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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
malicious 
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 | (показной) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (вредоносных) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (обнародовать) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (остракизму) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
misnomer
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| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (характер) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (мыс) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
monologue
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| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (знакомиться) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (резкое) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (монолог) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
motley
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| (навязчивой) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (пестрый) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
nostalgia
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| (резкое) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (устранить) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (тщательно) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
obviate
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| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (навязчивой) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (устранить) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
ostensible
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| (якобы) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (неправильно) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (порочных) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
parody
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| (прерогативой) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (вредный) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (характер) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
pecuniary
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| (наемников) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army |
| (навязчивой) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (педантичным) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
pedantic
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| (императивной) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (морских) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (пристрастие) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (педантичным) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |