GRE Word List
RAPACIOUS
excessively grasping or covetous
The meaning of the word rapacious is excessively grasping or covetous.
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|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| throes | pang |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
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| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |