Sunday, August 24, 2008

AVARICE

greed, esp. for wealth

extreme greed for material wealth

SYN - covetousness

"He had only one person to turn to in this time of dire need and that was his Uncle Leo and he knew his avarice would probably mean Leo too would be of no help."

"Normally considered a vice, it was her avarice that made her such a great candidate for the companies CFO."

"She was repulsed with him now, his audacious rise to financial success was what was originally so appealing about him, but now she saw it for what it was....an insatiable avarice"

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