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41predatory — I predacious, predatory (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. robbing, ravening, plundering. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Preying on other animals] Syn. voracious, carnivorous, omnivorous, rapacious, predacious, raptorial,… …
42greedy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Avaricious] Syn. avid, grasping, rapacious, selfish, miserly, parsimonious, close, close fisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, exploitative, grudging, sordid, mercenary, illiberal, stingy, covetous, penurious,… …
43edacious — adjective devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks • Syn: ↑esurient, ↑rapacious, ↑ravening, ↑ravenou …
44wolfish — adjective 1. resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf ran in wolflike packs wolfish rapacity • Syn: ↑wolflike • Pertains to noun: ↑wolf, ↑wolf (for: ↑ …
45voracious — adjective Etymology: Latin vorac , vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ācweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour Date: 1635 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous 2. excessively eager ; insatiable < a… …
46William Petre — Sir William Petre (circa 1505 – 1572) was born in Devon in 1505 and educated as a lawyer at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyns, one of whom, George, he had tutored at Oxford and… …
47avaricious — 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 …
48ravenous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rapacious, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous. See desire, gluttony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. voracious, omnivorous, starved; see hungry , rapacious 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
49greedy — adjective 1) a greedy eater Syn: gluttonous, ravenous, voracious, intemperate, self indulgent, insatiable, wolfish; informal piggish, piggy 2) a greedy capitalist Syn: avaricious, acquisitive, covetous …
50ἁρπακτικά — ἁρπακτικός rapacious neut nom/voc/acc pl ἁρπακτικά̱ , ἁρπακτικός rapacious fem nom/voc/acc dual ἁρπακτικά̱ , ἁρπακτικός rapacious fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) …
