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