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vocab 3 and 4
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| greed; desire for wealth | avarice |
| stealthy; secretive | furtive |
| wild and drunken | bacchanalian |
| to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another govt or authority | extradite |
| numerous; large in quantity | copious |
| easily angered | irascible |
| a professional soldier hired by a foreign army | mercenary |
| a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it) | bastion |
| to cast overboard; to discard | jettison |
| to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent | ostracize |
| one who is intolerant of differences in others | bigot |
| to erase or eliminate | expunge |
| outspoken; blunt | candid |
| special words or phrases used by a specific group of people | argot |
| careless neglect, often resulting in injury | negligence |
| to calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily) | appease |
| harsh sounding; grating | strident |
| complete disorder | chaos |
| to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity | augment |
| extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike policy | jingoism |