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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hallucinationa sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
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distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
environencircle
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
resurgeto undergo a resurgence