avarice

greed; desire for wealth

syn: acquisitiveness

ant: largesse

furtive

stealthy; secretive

syn: surreptitious; sneaky

ant: overt

bacchanalian

wild and drunken

ant:restrained

extradite

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

syn: deport

copious

numerous; large in quantity

syn: profuse

ant: sparse

irascible

easily angered

syn: irritable; ill-tempered

ant: easygoing

mercenary

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

ant:  volunteer 

bastion

a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it)

syn: stronghold

jettison

to cast overboard; to discard

syn: deploy; throw away

ant: retain

ostracize

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

syn: exile

ant: accept