avarice
IPA: ˈævɝʌs
noun
- Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
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Examples of "avarice" in Sentences
- Avarice and wrath will be common.
- The avarice of the greedy is not satiated.
- After all, avarice was the original sin, not greed.
- I have changed Avarice to Greed under the list of sins.
- The perception of greed and avarice raised the ire of many.
- The cause of all this evil was the avarice of the patriarch.
- This corps has the power over the emotion of avarice or greed.
- All authorities are agreed as to his avarice and incompetence.
- Does your heart burn with avarice, and a wretched desire of more
- Avarice is a dog, falsehood the sweeper and cheating the eating of meat.