| A | B |
|---|
| avarice | greed; desire for wealth |
| furtive | stealthy; secretive |
| 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 one likened to these) |
| jettison | to cast overboard; to discard |
| ostracize | to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent |
