GRE Word List

AVARICE

excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness

The meaning of the word avarice is excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness.

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WordMeaning
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
vixena female fox
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption