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English Vocab 3&4
Vocab 3&4
| 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 government or authority | extradite |
| numerous, large in quanity | copious |
| easily angered | irascible |
| professional soldier hired by a foreign army | mercenary |
| a strong defense or fort | bastion |
| to cast overboard | 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 | 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 foreign policy | jingoism |