avaricious
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An avaricious, envious flirt on the undisguised lookout for something better, she is angry that John wouldn’t use slave labor to build their house.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Liverpool are not the only club casting an avaricious eye over the man who is currently one of the hottest managerial properties.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024
Tuesday Weld was seen regularly as the beautiful, avaricious Thalia Menninger, the financially unattainable object of Dobie’s affections; Warren Beatty had a recurring role early in the run as a blue-blood classmate.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2022
It’s hard to imagine Florence, cradle of the High Renaissance of early modern Europe, without its avaricious, venal, culture-conscious first family, the Medici.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021
It was roughly four times what even the most avaricious moneylender would charge.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing avaricious
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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