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Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
nostalgia 
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 | (序,先驅,先導) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (想家,鄉愁) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
| (空想的,狂想的) idealistic without regard to practicality |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
oblivion
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| (遺忘,赦免) condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty |
| (接近,親近) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (反駁) disprove; prove to be false or incorrect |
obsession
3
| (入迷,固執的念頭) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (概括,總結) summarize; repeat in concise form |
| (假定,冒昧) act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
obtrude
4
| (插手,強入,衝出) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (獨白,個人長篇演說) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (序,先驅,先導) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
obviate
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| (消除,排除 避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (錢的,貨幣的) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (入迷,固執的念頭) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
ostensible
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| (臨時的) temporary; provided for present need only |
| (消除,排除 避免) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (顯然的,虛假的) put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| (細讀) read or examine, typically with great care |
paraphrase
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| (靠著的,斜躺的,不動的,休息的) reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| (解釋,批註,註釋) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (專制的,強硬的,專橫的) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal |
| (分叉) act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch |
peccadillo
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| (輕罪,輕微冒犯) slight offense; small sin or fault |
| (撒謊,支吾,搪塞,糊弄) lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| (空想的,狂想的) idealistic without regard to practicality |
| (獨白,個人長篇演說) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
pedant
9
| (學究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (反駁) disprove; prove to be false or incorrect |
| (懲罰的) punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment |
| (遺忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
prelude
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| (臭名昭著的,聲名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (放逐) exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote |
| (序,先驅,先導) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (悖論) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |