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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
meticulous
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| (显然的,虚假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
misanthrope
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| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
mundane
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| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
murky
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| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (接近,亲近) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
oblivious
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| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (多彩的,杂色的,混合的) 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 |
| (无数,非常多) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
obtrude
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| (临时的) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
pedantic
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| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (烦恼,激怒,荨麻) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
petrify
9
| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (错误的名字,写错名字,用词不当) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
platitude
10
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (沉重的,笨重的,呆板的,冗长的) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |