vocabulary from chapter 2

Difficult word's meanings 

1. Condemned –
   Meaning: Declared to be wrong, guilty, or unfit; strongly criticized or sentenced (especially to punishment).
   Example: The criminal was condemned to death.

2. Slavish –
   Meaning: Showing complete obedience or imitation; lacking originality or independence.
   Example: His slavish devotion to the rules made him unpopular.

3. Trappings –
   Meaning: Outward decorations, signs, or accessories, often related to wealth, power, or status.
   Example: Despite the trappings of success, he felt empty inside.

4. Atomist –
   Meaning: A person who believes that everything is made up of small, indivisible particles (atoms); also used philosophically for someone with a reductionist view.
   Example: Ancient Greek philosophers like Democritus were known as atomists.

5. Dissecting Table –
   Meaning: A table used in laboratories or medical schools to examine and cut open bodies (especially for scientific or medical study).
   Example: The medical students gathered around the dissecting table.

6. Acquainted –
   Meaning: Familiar with something or someone; having knowledge or experience of.
   Example: I’m well acquainted with her work.

7. Transcendental –
   Meaning: Going beyond ordinary experience or human understanding; often related to spiritual or abstract ideas.
   Example: Meditation can lead to a transcendental state of mind.

8. Posterity –
   Meaning: All future generations of people.
   Example: We must protect the environment for the sake of posterity.