October 5, 2026
avarice
/ˈævəɹəs/noun
An extreme and selfish greed for money or possessions.
Example sentences
- “His avarice drove him to cheat even his closest friends.”
- “The novel's villain is a banker whose avarice ruins an entire village.”
Literary; the everyday word is "greed". It survives partly because it names one of the seven deadly sins.