Vocabulary - Word Group 28

Word Group : Greedy

Sr. No	Word	Meaning	Sentence
1	Avaricious	Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain	An avaricious manipulative woman
2	Covetous	Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else	She fingered the linen with covetous hands
3	Mercenary	1.     Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics 2.     A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army	1.     She’s nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger 2.     He had planned to seize power with the aid of group of mercenaries
4	Miserly	Of or characteristic of a miser	His miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly $1 million
5	Penurious	1.     Extremely poor; poverty-stricken 2.     Unwilling to spend money; mean	1.     A penurious old tramp 2.     His stingy and penurious wife
6	Rapacious	Aggressively greedy or grasping	Rapacious landlords
7	Venal	Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt	Local customs officers are notoriously venal