Argument Vocab List 11

Front

What does it mean to "Extradite" someone?

Back

Hand over to the authorities of another country.

Front

Which word describes someone who is "used of riotously drunken merrymaking"?

Back

Bacchanalian.

Front

What does it mean to "Ostracize" someone?

Back

Expel from a community or group.

Front

What does "Avarice" mean?

Back

Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth.

Front

What does the word "Irascible" mean?

Back

Quickly aroused to anger.

Front

What is the meaning of "Mercenary"?

Back

A person hired to fight for another country than their own.

Front

Define "Effusive".

Back

Effusively or insincerely emotional.

Front

What does "Jettison" mean?

Back

Throw away, of something encumbering.

Front

What is the definition of "Reprehensible"?

Back

Deserving condemnation or punishment.

Front

What does "Acquisitiveness" refer to?

Back

An insatiable desire for material wealth.