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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|---|---|
| impenitent | not penitent |
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| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| defalcate | deduct |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| retract | to draw back or in |
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| leave-taking | departure |
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