Vocabulary #3

Question 1

Easily angered; irritable, ill-tempered

Answer 1

Irascible

Question 2

Wild and drunken

Answer 2

Bacchanalian

Question 3

Foolishly sentimental; ridiculously emotional; mushy, hokey

Answer 3

Maudlin

Question 4

To turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority; deport

Answer 4

Extradite

Question 5

Stealthy; secretive; surreptitious, sneaky

Answer 5

Furtive

Question 6

Courage and determination; nerve, spirit

Answer 6

Mettle

Question 7

To combine into one; fuse, merge

Answer 7

Conflate

Question 8

A professional soldier hired by a foreign army

Answer 8

Mercenary

Question 9

A strong defense or fort (or something likened to it); stronghold

Answer 9

Bastion

Question 10

Greed; Desire for wealth; acquisitiveness

Answer 10

Avarice

Question 11

To cast overboard; to discard; deploy, throw away

Answer 11

Jettison

Question 12

Able to pray all debts and financial obligations

Answer 12

Solvent

Question 13

To banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent; exile

Answer 13

Ostracize

Question 14

The equipment for a specific activity; gear, tools

Answer 14

Tackle

Question 15

Numerous; large in quantity; profuse, abundant

Answer 15

Copious