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Vocabulary
lessons 3 & 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| avarice n. | desire for wealth |
| furtive adj. | secretive |
| bacchanalian adj. | wild and crazy guy, drunken |
| extradite v. | to deliver to a legal authority |
| copious adj. | large in quantity |
| irascible adj. | easily angered |
| mercenary n. | professional soldier |
| bastion n. | fort |
| jettison v. | throw overboard |
| ostracize v. | to shut out from a group, to ban |
| bigot n. | one who is intolerant |
| expunge v. | to erase or eliminate |
| candid adj. | outspoken; blunt |
| argot n. | special words or phrases, racist |
| negligence n. | careless neglect |
| appease v. | to calm |
| strident adj. | harsh sounding |
| chaos n. | complete disorder |
| augment v. | to enlarge |
| jingoism n. | patriotism |