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Significados de avarice en inglés

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An inordinate or insatiable longing, especially for wealth, status, and power.

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Excessive desire for possessions and wealth.

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Examples for "generosity"
Examples for "generosity"
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My party today will be all the result of your kindly generosity.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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After a moment's thought Nakata decided to accept the young man's generosity.
Kafka on the Shore
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However, the generosity of kiwis has helped bring them joy and happiness.
Radio NZ
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I shall never be able to repay Mr Dickens for his generosity.
Drood: a novel
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These patients are looking for a welcome and a spirit of generosity.
The Irish Times
Uso de avarice en inglés
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It was always easy to count on avarice among the foot soldiers.
Map of bones
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The avarice of the French bourgeoise would have proved a promising factor.
El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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This is true of avarice; but it is not so of economy.
The American Frugal Housewife
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Out of the loins of pride and avarice comes the innocent child.
Wise or Otherwise
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Where selfish ambition and avarice will be exposed in its true light.
Gathering Jewels / The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam o...
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In our own Revolutionary war, generals developed pride and avarice and jealousy.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
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A characteristic she found remarkable in him was his freedom from avarice.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
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He has shaken off the yoke of his spiritual sloth and avarice.
Tragic Sense Of Life
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They were greedy, and, in their besotted avarice, they killed the goose.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
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The old jests about her avarice were repeated over and over again.
Doctor Pascal
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The egotism of Great Britain is equalled only by her narrow-minded avarice.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
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A task to thwart the avarice of Oceanus, and end this madness.
The Tarn of Eternity
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He pushed it away, his avarice helping him to resist the temptation.
Sant' Ilario
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This attachment to old abuses was associated with the most insatiable avarice.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
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He was avaricious, but avarice was the great sin of his times.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
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In truth, it is not want, but rather abundance, that creates avarice.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 07
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