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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
misanthrope 
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 | (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (人間嫌い) one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
| (公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (比喩) compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying |
mundane
2
| (日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (不機嫌) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
noisome
3
| (検索) recover; find and bring in; get back |
| (重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (嫌なにおい) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
panegyric
4
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (賛辞) formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment |
| (追放) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (頑固) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
paraphrase
5
| (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. |
| (言い換え) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (懲罰的損害) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
pedant
6
| (雑多) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety |
| (検索) recover; find and bring in; get back |
| (融通が利かない) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (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. |
pedantic
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| (好み) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (衒学) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (パロディ) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
plagiarism
8
| (模倣) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
| (取り除く) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (盗作) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
precocious
9
| (早熟) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
| (誤称) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
| (日常) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (恨み) indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure |
prelude
10
| (前奏曲) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (公布) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (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 |