Irascible
Easily angered
Jettison
To cast overboard; to discard
Copious
Numerous; large in quantity
Bacchanalian
Wild and drunken
Mercenary
A professional soldier hired by a foreign army
Bastion
A strong defense or fort (or so thing likened to it)
Ostracize
To banish; to shut out from a group or society by a common consent
Furtive
Stealthy; secretive
Avarice
Greed; desire for wealth
Extradite
To turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority