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Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
cantankerous 
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 | (コンセンサス) general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole |
| (気の利いた) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| (譲歩) admit; yield; give up physical control of another |
| (シニカルな) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
capricious
2
| (抑制) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
| (減価償却) lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
| (気まぐれ) fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly |
| (土木) having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite |
captious
3
| (滞納) failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. |
| (譲歩) admit; yield; give up physical control of another |
| (率直) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (あら探し) intended to confuse in an argument |
caricature
4
| (だまされやすい) apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| (同人) group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose |
| (似顔絵) representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect |
| (信憑性を) credit; faith |
clamorous
5
| (コンセンサス) general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole |
| (デマゴーグ) person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people |
| (削���) erase; strike out; remove or make invisible |
| (お騒がせ) speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud |
consensus
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| (コンセンサス) general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole |
| (秘密) secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods |
| (ちぇっ) shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility |
| (学者) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
credible
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| (ディスクリート) separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts |
| (信頼性) capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy |
| (ザッ) casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed |
| (説得) reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive |
credulous
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| (だまされやすい) apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily |
| (お騒がせ) speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud |
| (控えめ) modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| (連立政権) partnership; league; state of being combined into one body |
dearth
9
| (譲歩) admit; yield; give up physical control of another |
| (ザッ) casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed |
| (減価償却) lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
| (学者) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
delete
10
| (シニカルな) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
| (談話) formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
| (仰天) intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror |
| (削���) erase; strike out; remove or make invisible |