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ACT Vocab 3
Term | Definition |
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Avarice | Greed; desire for wealth |
Furtive | Stealthy |
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 by a foreign army |
Bastion | A strong defense or fort (or something likened to it) |
Jettison | To cast overboard; to discard |
Ostracize | To banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent |