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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
meander
2
| (弯曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction |
| (偏爱,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
mediocre
3
| (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (执拗的,顽固的) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
nocturnal
4
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (恶意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
nostalgia
5
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (临时的) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (声望,威信) impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
notorious
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| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (预言,疾病警告) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (厌恶人类的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
obsession
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| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (插手,强入,冲出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
peremptory
8
| (专制的,强硬的,专横的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗鲁的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
perverse
9
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (显然的,虚假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
precocious
10
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |