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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desiccate | to dry up |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
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| deify | to make a god of |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
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| ingrate | an ungrateful person |