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argot jargon used by a particular group argot syn: jargon, slang, idiom, speech, dialect augment to grow or increase something in number, amount, size, strength, or intensity augment syn: supplement, add to, enlarge, enhance, increase augment ant: diminish bacchanalian used to describe riotously drunken merrymaking or a noisy celebration; derives from the orgiastic rites of the god Bacchus bastion 1. somebody or something regarded as providing strong defense or support, especially for a belief or cause, or a place where there are such people 2. a fortified place 3. a projecting part of a wall, rampart, or other fortification bastion syn: stronghold, mainstay, fortress, citadel bigot somebody who has very strong opinions, especially on matters of politics, religion, or ethnicity, and refuses to accept different views bigot syn: extremist, diehard, dogmatist, racist, chauvinist candid 1. honest or direct in a way that people find either refreshing or distasteful 2. photographed or filmed without the subject knowing or having the opportunity to prepare or pose 3. free from prejudice or bias (archaic) 4. with innocence or purity of heart untainted by malicious thoughts and feelings (archaic) 5. white, especially with the whiteness of innocence or purity candid syn: frank, open, honest, truthful, sincere, blunt, outspoken, forthright, straightforward candid ant: guarded chaos 1. a state of complete disorder and confusion 2. the unbounded space and formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe 3. the unpredictability inherent in a system such as the weather, in which apparently random changes occur as a result of the system's extreme sensitivity to small differences in initial condition. chaos syn: disorder, confusion, anarchy, pandemonium chaos ant: order copious 1. produced or existing in large quantities 2. using many words in writing or speech (archaic) copious syn: abundant, plentiful, profuse, bountiful, numerous expunge 1. to delete something unwanted from a written record, or blot out something unpleasant from the memory 2. to destroy or put an end to something expunge syn: obliterate, erase, delete, cut, remove extradite to return somebody accused of a crime by a different legal authority to that authority for trial or punishment furtive 1. done in a way that is intended to escape notice 2. with the appearance, or giving the impression, of somebody who has something to hide furtive syn: secretive, stealthy, secret, sly, surreptitious, clandestine furtive ant: open irascible 1. easily provoked to anger or outbursts of temper 2. showing or typical of anger irascible syn: irritable, touchy, testy, petulant, snappish, hot-tempered irascible ant: easygoing jettison 1. to throw something from a ship, aircraft, or vehicle 2. to discard or abandon something, for example, an idea or project jettison syn: throw away, abandon, discard, ditch, dump jettison ant: keep jingoism zealous patriotism expressing itself especially in hostility toward other counties jingoism syn: nationalism, patriotism, xenophobia mercenary 1. a professional solider paid to fight for an army other than that of his/her country 2. somebody who works or serves only for personal profit 3. motivated solely by a desire for money 4. paid to serve in a foreign army, or consisting of mercenaries negligence the condition or quality or being negligent (habitually careless or irresponsible) negligence syn: neglect, carelessness, inattention, disregard, forgetfulness negligence ant: attention, care ostracize 1. to banish or exclude somebody from society or from a particular group, either formally or informally 2. to banish somebody by a popular vote because that person is regarded as dangerous to society, as was the practice in ancient Greece ostracize syn: exclude, banish, shun, ignore, snub ostracize ant: include strident 1. harsh, loud, grating, or shrill 2. loudly, strongly, or urgently expressed (the bad end of assertive) strident syn: vociferous, clamorous, shrill, raucous, discordant, harsh strident ant: soft genial 1. friendly and cheerful 2. (weather) mild and pleasant genial syn: affable genial ant: unfriendly ungainly 1. (of a person or movement) awkward or clumsy ungainly syn: clumsy ungainly ant: graceful