Hackers Lesson 16-20 Flashcards
(67 cards)
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placid
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calm
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inert
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sluggish; inactive
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hibernating
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sluggish; without energy
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quiescent
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resting; quiet
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serene
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tranquil; calm; placid
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static
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stationary
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lethargic
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lazy; sluggish’
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moratorium
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postponement
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stagnate
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to become inactive; to become stale
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torpor
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lethargy; apathy
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respite
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rest; time of relief; pause
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hiatus
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a break in the continuity of something
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torpid
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hibernating; dormant
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belligerent
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warlike; quarrelsome
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irascible
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easily angered
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volatile
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explosive; tending to evaporate quickly
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rebuttal
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refutation; opposing response to an argument
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refute
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to disprove; to rebut forcefully
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incite
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to urge into action
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome; warlike
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bellicose
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warlike in manner
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harass
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to bother; to annoy
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assail
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to attack or assault
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tumultuous
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violently agitated
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instigate
to goad; to urge on
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provocative
tending to aggravate or stimulate
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propensity
a natural inclination; a tendency
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acrimony
bitterness of feeling; harsh word
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appalling
shocking; causing dismay
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cacophony
discord; harsh sound
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abysmal
extremely bad; wretched
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acrid
harsh smelling or tasting
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blatant
very conspicuous; annoyingly loud
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deplorable
worthy of reproach or censure
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egregious
conspicuously bad; flagrant
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lurid
shocking; sensational
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noisome
offensive to the senses or the health
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flagrant
offensively bad; reprehensible
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heinous
cruel; shockingly evil
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astringent
caustic; pungent
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ambulatory
capable of moving around
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deviate
to swerve or deflect
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influx
a flowing in
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meander
to wander aimlessly
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peripatetic
traveling from place to place
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impel
to put into motion; to urge
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expedite
to speed up the progress of
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itinerant
traveling from place to place
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nomadic
wandering without a permanent home
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peripheral
located on the outer boundary
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compel
to urge into action by force
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vagrant
wandering from place to place
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perambulate
to move about
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raze
to destroy completely
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jettison
to throw overboard
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abort
to terminate prematurely
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purge
to cleanse of something unwanted
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forgo
to give something up
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deplete
to decrease the supply of
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dearth
lack; scarcity
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rescind
to take back; to cancel
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efface
to erase by rubbing
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abdicate
to give up power
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renounce
to give up in a formal announcement
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nullify
to make invalid
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relinquish
to abandon or give up
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cathartic
having a purging effect; inducing the release of emotional tension
