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Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
candor 
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 | (カメオ) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
| (洪水) great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water |
| (説得) reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive |
| (談話) formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
cantankerous
2
| (洪水) great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water |
| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| (ごまかし) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (死人) like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body |
circumvent
3
| (素っ気ない) having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner |
| (能力) something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury |
| (互換性) harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes |
| (回避) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit |
clamorous
4
| (お騒がせ) speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud |
| (土木) having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite |
| (率直) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (ジレンマ) predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options |
clandestine
5
| (良心の呵責) feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| (秘密) secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
| (気まぐれ) fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly |
| (説得) reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive |
compunction
6
| (お騒がせ) speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud |
| (良心の呵責) feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| (仰天) intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror |
| (顔) give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve |
conjecture
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| (似顔絵) representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect |
| (天体) relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel |
| (予想) believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| (死人) like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body |
construction
8
| (建設) act of constructing or building something |
| (廃止) express disapproval of; protest against; belittle |
| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| (カメオ) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
corpulent
9
| (肥満) very fat; large in body; overweight |
| (物悲し) sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting |
| (仰天) intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror |
| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
curb
10
| (抑制) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| (予想) believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| (控えめ) modest and reserved in manner or behavior |