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English 2
Lesson 3 & 4
| WORDS | DEFINITIONS |
|---|---|
| avarice | greed |
| furtive | secretive |
| bacchanalian | wild and drunk |
| extradite | deport |
| copious | numerous |
| irascible | easily angered |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired by a foreign army |
| bastion | a strong defense or fort |
| jettison | to cast overboard |
| ostracize | to banish |
| bigot | racist; extremist |
| expunge | to erase or eliminate |
| candid | outspoken; blunt |
| argot | jargon |
| negligence | careless neglect |
| appease | to calm |
| strident | harsh sounding |
| chaos | complete disorder |
| augment | to enlarge |
| jingoism | extreme |