Meaning of avarous | Babel Free

Definitions

Avaricious.

uncommon

Examples

“It is a just matter⟳ of lamentation when souls which have⟳ been clad with zeal as with scarlet, constantly forward⟳ for the glory of God, fall⟳ to such apostasy as with Demas to embrace the dunghill of this world, and with an avarous hausture to lick up the mud of corruption.”

“[Winners] will receive⟳ what they truly crave: fame. Fame and the undying adoration and admiration of the rest⟳ of us mere mortals. Plus of course the fabulous State Prize, which will be of sufficient attraction to excite even the most avarous teams.”

“Roosevelt, himself an avarous meat-eater, called for a formal investigation of the meat-packing scandal. To Roosevelt's horror, the government's report⟳ soon revealed that conditions in many of America's meat-packing plants were even worse than described in The Jungle.”

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