GRE Word List
CUPIDITY
inordinate desire for wealth : avarice
The meaning of the word cupidity is inordinate desire for wealth : avarice.
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|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
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| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
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| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |