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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
mimic 
1
 | (不満) habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance |
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
| (報復) something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses |
nautical
2
| (誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (断崖絶壁) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (味覚) relating to ships, sailors, or navigation |
noisome
3
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (恐るべき) formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
| (閲覧) read or examine, typically with great care |
| (嫌なにおい) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
obsession
4
| (執着するのは) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (暫定) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (取り除く) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
obtrude
5
| (恐るべき) formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
| (融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (出しゃばる) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (閲覧) read or examine, typically with great care |
ostensible
6
| (報復) something justly deserved; recompense; compensation; punishment for offenses |
| (懲罰的損害) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
| (表向き) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (初心者) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
panegyric
7
| (ノスタルジー) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (懲罰的損害) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
parody
8
| (分岐) act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (斑状) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (独白) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
pertinacious
9
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
| (万能薬) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (しつこい) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
prerogative
10
| (先延ばし) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (特権) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (ドンキホーテ) idealistic without regard to practicality |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |