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Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
callous 
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 | (編) emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened |
| (ちぇっ) shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility |
| (シニカルな) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
| (良心の呵責) feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
capricious
2
| (抑制) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
| (気まぐれ) fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly |
| (敬意) willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect |
| (率直) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
caricature
3
| (非難) condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
| (デマゴーグ) person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people |
| (似顔絵) representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect |
| (敬虔) expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field |
chicanery
4
| (カメオ) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
| (説得) reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive |
| (ごまかし) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (談話) formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
civil
5
| (信憑性を) credit; faith |
| (土木) having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite |
| (減価償却) lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
| (同盟) ally; form a group or unite |
coercion
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| (強制) use of force to get someone to obey |
| (シニカルな) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
| (率直) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (欠い) completely lacking; barren or empty |
congenial
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| (デマゴーグ) person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people |
| (抑制) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
| (あら探し) intended to confuse in an argument |
| (気心) compatible |
corpulent
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| (控えめ) modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| (肥満) very fat; large in body; overweight |
| (同盟) ally; form a group or unite |
| (信憑性を) credit; faith |
cringe
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| (連立政権) partnership; league; state of being combined into one body |
| (互換性) harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes |
| (ちぇっ) shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility |
| (よこしま) departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward |
dearth
10
| (学者) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
| (予想) believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| (建設) act of constructing or building something |
| (連立政権) partnership; league; state of being combined into one body |