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

boldness, brashness

impertinent

inappropriately bold

glacial

having a cold personality

rebuff

to refuse in an abrupt or rude manner

arid

extremely dry

astral

relating to the stars

nautical

pertaining to sailing

lunar

relating to the moon

fecund

fertile; fruitful

fallow

unused; plowed but not cultivated

cosmic

relating to the universe

celestial

relating to the sky

arable

able to be cultivated

desiccated

completely dried out

quagmire

swampy land; difficult situation

bucolic

characteristic of the countryside

cultivate

to nurture; to grow crops

paucity

lack, scarcity

surfeit

an excessive amount

copious

abundant

barren

infertile

capacious

having lots of room

scanty

meager; barely enough

replete

completely filled

dearth

a lack, scarcity

voluminous

having great size

desolate

deserted

diminutive

tiny

meager

inadequate

rarefy

to make less dense or less plentiful

rife

plentiful

eulogy

an honorific speech at a funeral

despondent

lacking hope

doleful

filled with grief

anemic

feeble; characterized by oxygen deficiency in the blood

malady

a disease

anguish

extreme suffering

dirge

a funeral song

blight

a diseased condition

affliction

a disorder causing suffering

elegy

a poem or song relating to death

epitaph

an inscription found on a gravestone

doldrums

the blues; persistent unhappiness

adversity

hardship