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adjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl
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adjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
“they are avaricious and will do anything for money”
adjective
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
“a monkey's prehensile tail”
adjective
having a keen intellect
“{'source': 'A.T.Quiller-Couch', 'text': 'poets — those gifted strangely prehensile men'}”
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they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
a monkey's prehensile tail
{'source': 'A.T.Quiller-Couch', 'text': 'poets — those gifted strangely prehensile men'}
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