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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
monologue 
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 | (报复) action taken in return for injury or offense |
| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (书生气的) marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
morose
2
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (可怕的) formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
nostalgia
3
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (郁闷的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
novice
4
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (撒谎,支吾,搪塞,糊弄) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
paraphrase
5
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (暂缓) usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment |
| (报复) action taken in return for injury or offense |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
peccadillo
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| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (负担,责任) burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| (轻罪,轻微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (早熟的) advanced in development; appearing or developing early |
pertinacious
7
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
perverse
8
| (不正当的,邪恶的,做作的) stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good |
| (有味道的,有香味儿的) fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor |
| (惩罚的) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
| (推迟,延期) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
plagiarism
9
| (概括,总结) summarize; repeat in concise form |
| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (新手) beginner; person new to a field or activity |
| (剽窃) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
plebeian
10
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗鲁的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (有味道的,有香味儿的) fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (想家,乡愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |