GRE Word List
CUPIDITY
inordinate desire for wealth : avarice
The meaning of the word cupidity is inordinate desire for wealth : avarice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |