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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
noisome 
1
 | (嫌なにおい) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (懲罰的損害) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
| (追放) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
obdurate
2
| (消えない) impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance |
| (言葉を濁す) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| (推定) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| (頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
oblivion
3
| (しのば) fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor |
| (言葉を濁す) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| (忘却) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
obsession
4
| (誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (推定) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
pecuniary
5
| (ドンキホーテ) idealistic without regard to practicality |
| (消えない) impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance |
| (結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (無数) of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand |
plagiarism
6
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (猶予) usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| (壊滅させる) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
platitude
7
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (決まり文句) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
precarious
8
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
promulgate
9
| (嫌なにおい) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (壊滅させる) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
| (公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
proximity
10
| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (相互) concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting |
| (理念) disprove; prove to be false or incorrect |