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 |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| lampoon | satire |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| wont | accustomed |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |