vocab II

avarice

noun. greed; desire for wealth

furtive

adjective. stealthy; secretive

bacchanalian

adjective. wild and drunken

extradite

verb. to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction

copious

adjective. numerous; large in quantity

irascible

adjective. easily angered

mercenary

noun. a professional soldier hired by foreign army

bastion

noun. a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it)

Jettison

verb. to cast overboard; to discard

Ostracize

verb. to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent