vocab 3

irascible

(adj.)easily angered.

bacchanalian

(adj.)wild and drunken

maudlin

(adj.)foolishly strongly influenced by emotional feelings; ridiculously emotional

extradite

(v.)to hand over a suspected criminal to another country or state

furtive

(adj.)stealthy;secretive

mettle

(n.)courage and determination

conflate

(v.)to combine into one

mercenary

(n.)a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

bastion

(n.)a strong defense or fort (or something likened to it)

avarice

(n.) greed; desire for wealth

jettison

(v.) to cast overboard; to discard

solvent

(adj.) able to pay all debts and financial obligations.

ostracize

(v.) to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent

Tackle

(n.) the equipment for a specific activity

Copious

(adj.) numerous;large in quantity