| A | B |
|---|
| avarice | n. greed; desire for wealth |
| furtive | adj. stealthy, secretive |
| bacchanalian | adj. wild and drunken |
| extradite | v. to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority |
| copious | adj. numerous; large in quantity |
| irascible | adj. easily angered |
| mercenary | n. a professional soldier hired by a foreign army |
| bastion | n. a strong defense or fort |
| jettison | v. to cast overboard; to discard |
| ostracize | v. to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent |
