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  • 41avidity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. eagerness, longing, desire; keenness, alacrity; avarice, greed, voracity. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or condition of being voracious: edacity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness,… …

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  • 42desire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craving Nouns 1. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need (see necessity). 2. desirability, appeal, magnetism, attraction. 3. inclination, mind, devices, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection;… …

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  • 43greed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greediness, desire, cupidity, avidity, avarice. See gluttony, parsimony. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. greediness, avidity, selfishness, eagerness, avarice, voracity, excess, rapacity, gluttony, piggishness …

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  • 44deSire — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The wish to enjoy] Syn. aspiration, longing, yearning, craving, wish, want, motive, will, urge, eagerness, ardor, solicitude, propensity, predilection, fancy, greed, avidity, Cupidity, covetousness, obsession, frenzy, craze,… …

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  • 45parasitism — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bloodsucking, sponging, Dependency, predatoriness, predaciousness, ravenousness; see also dependence 1 …

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  • 46rapacity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Greed] Syn. avarice, covetousness, voracity; see greed . 2. [Plunder] Syn. thieving, thievery, marauding; see theft . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, edacity,… …

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  • 47voracity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gluttony, edacity*, rapacity; see greed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, edacity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness. See DESIRE …

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  • 48edacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voracity. See DESIRE …

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  • 49omnivorousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, edacity, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voracity. See DESIRE …

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  • 50Desire — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Desire >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 desire desire wish fancy fantasy Sgm: N 1 want want need exigency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mind mind inclination leaning …

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