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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
misnomer 
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 | (物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
| (誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
morose
2
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| (頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
motley
3
| (恨み) indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure |
| (押し付けがましい) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
mundane
4
| (日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
nostalgia
5
| (ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (推定) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (報復) something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses |
novice
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| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (全能) all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
oblivion
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| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
panacea
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| (万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (物思い) deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative |
pecuniary
9
| (リカンベント) reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
predatory
10
| (平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (保存) living by preying on other animals |
| (有無を言わせぬ) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |