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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
microcosm 
1
 | postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something |
| multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
monologue
2
| speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
panacea
3
| spotted with different shades or colors |
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
panegyric
4
| theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
parody
5
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
perverse
6
| stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
platitude
7
| elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily |
| disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
precocious
8
| advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
provisional
9
| one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| recover; find and bring in; get back |
| temporary; provided for present need only |
pseudonym
10
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
| dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |