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 |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| antecede | precede |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| hardy | bold |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |