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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
misanthrope 
1
 | (人間嫌い) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (理念) disprove; prove to be false or incorrect |
| (悪名) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (決まり文句) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
murky
2
| (平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
nettle
3
| (猶予) usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| (イラクサ) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex |
| (壊滅させる) destroy completely; scrape or shave off |
| (検索) recover; find and bring in; get back |
obsession
4
| (検索) recover; find and bring in; get back |
| (暗い) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (責任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
obtrusive
5
| (近接) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (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. |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
panegyric
6
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (仮名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
platitude
7
| (時代遅れ) no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated |
| (決まり文句) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| (結婚) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (平民) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
precarious
8
| (不安定な) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| (言葉を濁す) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
prevaricate
9
| (誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (言葉を濁す) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
prognosis
10
| (重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (恐るべき) formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
| (予後) forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease |