Word Meanings - AVARICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

to covert, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. av to satiate 1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. Beattie.

Additional info about word: AVARICE

to covert, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. av to satiate 1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. Beattie. 2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good. All are taught an avarice of praise. Goldsmith.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AVARICE)

• Avidity
• Cupidity
• avarice
• desire
• greed
• longing
• rapacity
• eagerness
• Avarice
• acquisitiveness
• covetousness
• stinginess

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