Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The Bad Seed of Greed

greed
ɡrēd/
noun
noun: greed

intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
synonyms: avarice, cupidity, acquisitiveness, covetousness, rapacity;
materialism, mercenariness;
rarepleonexia;
informalmoney-grubbing, affluenza
"human greed"
gluttony, hunger, voracity, insatiability;
gourmandism, intemperance, overeating, self-indulgence;
informalpiggishness
"her mouth watered with greed"
desire, appetite, hunger, thirst, craving, longing, lust, yearning, hankering;
avidity, eagerness;
informalyen, itch
"their greed for power"

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