One way to punctuate a compound sentence correctly is to join the two independent clauses with

a comma.
a semicolon.
a comma and a subordinating conjunction.
a semicolon and a coordinating conjunction.

Your answer would be that you could bring together two independent clauses with a semicolon and with a coordinating conjunction.

Explanation:

A semicolon is generally used to link in a single sentence two independent clauses that are closely related in thought (1). When a semicolon is used to join two thoughts in a sentence, those ideas are given equal position or rank. However, you could also join these clauses by means of a coordinating conjunction, take 2.

1) Some people drink coca cola; others prefer pepsi

2) Mark is watching TV and his parents are making lunch

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease