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greed

noun

Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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Word length
5
Starts with
G
Ends with
D
Contains
RE
Scrabble score
7

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Pronunciation

ɡɹid

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noun

  1. Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

noun

  1. Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

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