avarice.

Intense greed for money or possessions.

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Words that belong together

• unchecked avarice
• driven by avarice

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Unchecked avarice made the estate prosperous and the household miserable.

She recognized avarice beneath his talk of family duty.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.