🔤 Avarice (Noun)

IPA: //ˈævərɪs//

✨ Use avarice when plain “greed” feels too mild to capture the hunger for wealth at any cost.

🧠 Meaning

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 The tycoon’s avarice drove him to exploit his workers for greater profit.

🔹 Legends often warn of the downfall that follows unchecked avarice.

📜 Word Origin

From Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), related to avēre (“to crave”).

💡 Did You Know?

Avarice is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian theology, often depicted as a destructive obsession with riches.

🏷️ Related Words

#greed #cupidity #rapacity #materialism #acquisitiveness #covetousness

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