avarice
extreme greed for wealth or material gain
Word origin: From Latin avaritia, greed, from avere to crave.
Avarice in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing avarice in a sentence.
His avarice drove him to cheat even his closest friends.
The novel portrays the merchant's avarice as the flaw that ultimately destroys his family.
Using “avarice” well
Avarice denotes extreme, insatiable greed for wealth, a strongly negative and often moralizing term. It is more formal and condemnatory than ordinary greed.
More GRE words starting with A
to lower in rank, dignity, or self-respect
to make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed
to lessen in intensity or amount
to formally give up power or responsibility
departing from what is normal or expected
a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected
a state of temporary suspension or inactivity
to regard with strong disgust or hatred
Questions about “avarice”
Learn words the way the GRE tests them.
Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.