GRE Word List
COVETOUS
marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
The meaning of the word covetous is marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| puerile | juvenile |