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Hackers Lesson 46-49 Flashcards

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1
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eulogy

A

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

A

the blues; persistent unhappiness

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13
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adversity

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hardship

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etymology

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the study of the origin of words

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archaeology

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the study of past cultures

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anthropology

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the study of human cultures

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ethics

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the study of and philosophy of moral choice

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semantics

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the study of the meanings of words and symbols

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theology

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the study of religion

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pathology

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the study of disease

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21
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sociology

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the study of human social behavior and social institutions

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22
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entomology

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the study of insects

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genealogy

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the study of ancestry

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24
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demographics

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the study of statistics relating to human populations

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oncology

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the study of tumors

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paleontology

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the study of fossils and ancient life

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neurology

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the study of human brain and nervous system

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hermit

A

one who prefer to live alone

29
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ostracize

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to exclude from a group

30
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exile

A

a banishment

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expel

A

to force to leave

32
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recluse

A

one who like live alone

33
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isolate

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to place something apart from everything

34
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solitude

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isolation; the quality of being alone

35
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banish

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to force to leave an area

36
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outcast

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an individual who has been excluded from a group

37
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seclusion

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privacy

38
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pariah

A

an individual who has been excluded from a group

39
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relegate

A

to banish. To demote in rank

40
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quarantine

A

a period of isolation for someone infected with a contagion

41
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disseminate

A

to spread information

42
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diverge

A

to go apart

43
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proliferate

A

to group rapidly

44
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amass

A

to accumulate; to gather together

45
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distend

A

to swell; to increase in size

46
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propagate

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to cause to multiply; to publicize; to travel through a medium

47
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inundate

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to flood

48
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diffuse

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to spread, as a gas

49
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germinate

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to sprout; to grow

50
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disperse

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to spread apart

51
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rampant

A

growing out of control

52
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dissipate

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to scatter

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saturate

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to fill completely, as with a liquid or solute

54
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annex

A

to attach; to acquire land to expand an existing country

55
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addendum

A

something added; a supplement to a book

56
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postscript

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a message added after the completion of a letter

57
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epilogue

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an extra chapter added onto the end of a novel

58
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append

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to affix something; to add on

59
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adjunct

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added in a subordinate capacity

60
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augment

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to add onto; to make greater

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cession

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to act of surrendering or yielding

62
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affix

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to attach

63
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appropriate

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to take another’s work or possessions as one’s own

64
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encore

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an extra performance at the end of a show

65
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appendix

A

supplementary material at the end of a text

66
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supplement

A

to add something to complete or strengthen a whole

67
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circumscribed

A

having distinct boundaries or limits

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