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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |