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avarice
What does avarice mean?
avarice (noun): excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use avarice in a sentence?
- Fury and avarice are dangerous. (Tatoeba sentence #10519941 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce avarice?
/ˈævəɹəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does avarice come from?
From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of avarice?
Words related to avarice
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “avarice” mean?
excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Right! That's what “avarice” means.
a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
Not quite: that's what uniformity means.
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Not quite: that's what circumlocution means.
a feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning
Not quite: that's what remorse means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “avarice”?
guise
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greed
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thorn
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brute
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