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
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
lugubriousmournful
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
belaborto attack verbally
fluencythe quality or state of being fluent
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
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