Hackers Lesson 41-45 Flashcards by Bill Kim

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conform

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to do what one is expected to do

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orthodoxy

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strict adherence to tradition

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iconoclast

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one who challenges tradition

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heresy

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opinion or action that violates traditional belief

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insurgent

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rebellious

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convention

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a practice that comports with the norms of a society

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insubordination

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refusal to submit to authority

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renegade

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an outlaw

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insurrection

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an uprising

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dissident

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one who strongly oppose accepted opinion

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mutiny

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a rebellion

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servile

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overly submissive

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heretic

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one who dissents

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apostasy

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abandonment of a belief

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insolent

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rudely disrespectful

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affront

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an insult

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haughty

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overly proud

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crass

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unrefined

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impudent

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rudely bold

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boorish

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crude, barbaric

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irreverence

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disrespect

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flippant

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disrespectfully jocular; using humor inappropriately

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brazen

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hold and insolent

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truculent

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cruel and aggressive

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effrontery

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boldness, brashness

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impertinent

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inappropriately bold

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glacial

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having a cold personality

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rebuff

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to refuse in an abrupt or rude manner

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arid

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extremely dry

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astral

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relating to the stars

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nautical

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pertaining to sailing

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lunar

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relating to the moon

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fecund

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fertile; fruitful

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fallow

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unused; plowed but not cultivated

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cosmic

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relating to the universe

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celestial

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relating to the sky

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arable

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able to be cultivated

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desiccated

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completely dried out

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quagmire

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swampy land; difficult situation

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bucolic

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characteristic of the countryside

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cultivate

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to nurture; to grow crops

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paucity

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lack, scarcity

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surfeit

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an excessive amount

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copious

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abundant

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barren

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infertile

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capacious

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having lots of room

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scanty

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meager; barely enough

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replete

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completely filled

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dearth

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a lack, scarcity

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voluminous

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having great size

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desolate

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deserted

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diminutive

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tiny

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meager

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inadequate

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rarefy

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to make less dense or less plentiful

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rife

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plentiful

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eulogy

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an honorific speech at a funeral

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despondent

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lacking hope

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doleful

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filled with grief

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anemic

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feeble; characterized by oxygen deficiency in the blood

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malady

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a disease

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anguish

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extreme suffering

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dirge

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a funeral song

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blight

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a diseased condition

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affliction

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a disorder causing suffering

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elegy

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a poem or song relating to death

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epitaph

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an inscription found on a gravestone

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doldrums

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the blues; persistent unhappiness

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adversity

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hardship