Avariciousness
11covetousness — noun 1. an envious eagerness to possess something (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑envy, ↑enviousness 2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑ …
12avaricious — adjective Date: 15th century greedy of gain ; excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches Synonyms: see covetous • avariciously adverb • avariciousness noun …
13stingy — adjective (stingier; est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 1. not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending < stingy with the salt > < stingy… …
14History of Afghanistan — Timeline …
15Kandahar — For the 2001 film, see Kandahar (film); for the Kandahar meteorite of 1959, see meteorite falls; for the places in Azerbaijan, see Cəndəhar and Çandahar. Infobox City in Afghanistan official name = Kandahar native name = کندهار province name =… …
16Yamas — A yama (Sanskrit) यम, literally death , is a rule or code of conduct for living which will help bring a compassionate death to the ego or the lower self . The yamas comprise the shall not in our dealings with the external world as the [Niyamas]… …
17The Twelve Caesars —   Author(s) Suetonius Original title De vita Caesarum (literal trans.: On the Life of the Caesars) …
18The Open Road for Boys — The Open Road for Boys, a boys magazine encouraging the outdoor life, was published from November 1919 to the 1950s. Clayton Holt Ernst was the president and editor in chief of the Open Road Publishing Company, located in Boston, Massachusetts.… …
19The Queen of Spades (story) — The Queen of Spades ( ru. Пиковая дама; Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about human avariciousness. Pushkin wrote the story in autumn 1833 in Boldino and it was first published in literary magazine Biblioteka dlya… …
20avaricious — avariciously, adv. avariciousness, n. /av euh rish euhs/, adj. characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous. [1425 75; late ME; see AVARICE, IOUS] Syn. AVARICIOUS, COVETOUS, GREEDY, RAPACIOUS share the sense of desiring to possess more of something …
