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lucre

nounCommon GRE wordMore L words

money or profit, especially when pursued greedily

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Lucre in a sentence

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They abandoned their principles for the lure of easy lucre.

Synonyms
gainpelfmammon
Antonyms

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Once a blank supporter of the policy, the governor now denounces it at every opportunity, embarrassed that she ever endorsed it.

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Lucre (noun) means money or profit, especially when pursued greedily
Here is lucre used in an example sentence: "They abandoned their principles for the lure of easy lucre."
Common synonyms for lucre include gain, pelf, mammon.
Lucre is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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