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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denotation | an act or process of denoting |
forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
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