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Acquisitive

Acquired.

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Accumulative 84% connected

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

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Accumulative 84% connected

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

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Avaricious 84% connected

Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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Avaricious 84% connected

Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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Covetous 84% connected

Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

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Covetous 84% connected

Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

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Grasping 84% connected

Seizing; embracing; catching.

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Grasping 84% connected

Seizing; embracing; catching.

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Greedy 84% connected

Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

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Greedy 84% connected

Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

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Plundering 84% connected

of Plunder

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Plundering 84% connected

of Plunder

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Possessive 84% connected

Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

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Possessive 84% connected

Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

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Predaceous 84% connected

Living by prey; predatory.

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Predaceous 84% connected

Living by prey; predatory.

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Predatory 84% connected

Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

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Predatory 84% connected

Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

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Prehensile 84% connected

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

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Prehensile 84% connected

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

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Rapacious 84% connected

Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

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Rapacious 84% connected

Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

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Ravening 84% connected

of Raven

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Ravening 84% connected

of Raven

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Sordid 84% connected

Filthy; foul; dirty.

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Sordid 84% connected

Filthy; foul; dirty.

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Voracious 84% connected

Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gu…

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Voracious 84% connected

Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gu…

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Derivationally related 4

Acquisitiveness 74% connected

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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Acquisitiveness 74% connected

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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Get 74% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Get 74% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Attribute 2

Acquisitiveness 66% connected

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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Acquisitiveness 66% connected

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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