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Vocab Lesson 3
English Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Irascible | (adj) easily angered |
Bacchanalian | (adj) wild and drunken |
Maudlin | (adj) foolishly sentimental; ridiculously emotional |
Extradite | (v) to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority |
Furtive | (adj) stealthily; secretive |
Mettle | (n) courage and determination |
Conflate | (v) to combine into one |
Mercenary | (n) a professional soldier hired by a foreign army |
Bastion | (n) a strong defense or fort |
Avarice | (n) greed; desire for wealth |
Jettison | (v) to cast overboard; to discard |
Solvent | (adj) able to pay all debts and financial obligations |
Ostracize | (v) to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent |
Tackle | (n) the equipment needed for a specific activity |
Copious | (adj) numerous; large in quantity |