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greed; desire for wealth
avarice
Syn: acquisitiveness
Ant: largesse
stealthy; secretive
furtive
Syn: surreptitious; sneaky
Ant: overt
wild and drunken
bacchanalian
Ant: restrained
to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority
extradite
Syn: deport
numerous; large in quantity
copious
Syn: profuse
Ant: sparse
easily angered
irascible
syn: irritable; ill-tempered
ant: easygoing
a professional soldier hired by a foreign army
mercenary
ant: volunteer
a strong defense or fort (or one likened to these)
bastion
syn: stronghold
to cast overboard; to discard
jettison
syn: deploy; throw away
ant: retain
to banish; to shut out from a group or society
ostracize
syn: exile
ant: accept
one who is intolerant of differences in people
bigot
syn: racist, sexist
ant: liberal
to erase or eliminate
expunge
syn: obliterate
ant: add
outspoken; blunt
candid
syn: frank; direct
ant: evasive
special words or phrases used by a specific group of people
argot
syn: jargon
careless neglect, often resulting in injury
negligence
syn: carelessness
ant: care, attention
to calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)
appease
syn: mollify
ant: aggravate
harsh sounding; grating
strident
syn: shrill
ant: soothing
complete disorder
chaos
syn: confusion; jumble
ant: order; harmony
to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity
augment
syn: expand
ant: narrow; reduce
extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy
jingoism
syn: chauvinism
ant: liberality