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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
meander 
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 | (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
meretricious
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| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
morose
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| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
motley
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| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (多彩的,杂色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
mundane
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| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (悖论) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
nostalgia
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| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
obsolete
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| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (遗忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (过时的,无用的) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
obviate
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| (消除,排除,避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
paraphrase
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| (多彩的,杂色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
parody
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| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |