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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| retribution | recompense |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| blackball | to vote against |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |