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Group (4) - Matching Quizzes
harbinger 
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 | (前兆) forerunner; an indication of approach of something or someone |
| (風刺) hint; indirect implication , usually malicious |
| (窃盗) unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft |
| (小屋) shack; small, wretched house |
heinous
2
| (凶悪) grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous |
| (投棄) throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship |
| (apprise) pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp |
| (仮面舞踏会) assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks |
hiatus
3
| (差し迫った) near at hand; close in time; about to occur |
| (お休み) gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause |
| (巨大) imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose |
| (飽くなき) not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy |
hyperbole
4
| (投棄) throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship |
| (誇張) figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement |
| (不屈) unconquerable; incapable of being overcome |
| (のろい) curse; act of calling down a curse that invokes evil |
impale
5
| (顔をしかめる) facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust |
| (apprise) pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp |
| (迷路) maze; complex structure of interconnecting passages |
| (遍歴) wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty |
imprecation
6
| (のろい) curse; act of calling down a curse that invokes evil |
| (扇動) goad or urge forward; provoke; incite |
| (純真) naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| (滑稽) laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense |
incisive
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| (増加) process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent |
| (推論) inferring by deduction or induction; truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; conclusion; deduction |
| (反論) dispute or contradict, often in insulting way; challenge |
| (鋭い) penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression |
incontrovertible
8
| (仮説) assumption; theory |
| (余地) indisputable; not open to question |
| (凶悪) grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous |
| (平凡な) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
indefatigable
9
| (余地) indisputable; not open to question |
| (感傷) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (シークレット) with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title |
| (不屈) tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action |
insatiable
10
| (低) utter sound made by cattle; make a low noise |
| (毒舌) abusive language used to express blame or ill will |
| (飽くなき) not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy |
| (お休み) gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause |