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Dr.Talbots test
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| avarice | desire for wealth |
| furtive | secretive,sneaky |
| bacchanalian | wild and drunken |
| extradite | to turn over |
| copious | large quality |
| irascible | easily angered |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired by a foreign army |
| bastion | a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it) |
| jettison | to cast overboard or discard |
| ostracize | to banish |
| bigot | one who is intolerant of differences in others |
| expunge | to erase or eliminate |
| candid | outspoken |
| argot | special words or phases used by a specific group of people |
| negligence | careless neglect, often resulting in injury |
| appease | to calm |
| strident | harsh sounding |
| chaos | complete disorder |
| augment | to enlarge |
| jingoism | extreme |