| covetous | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| (adjective) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | Synonyms: envious, jealous |
| covetously | (adverb) in a greedy manner | Synonyms: avariciously, greedily |
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| (adverb) with jealousy; in an envious manner | Synonyms: enviously, jealously |
| covetousness | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity |
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| (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity |
| (noun) an envious eagerness to possess something | - |
| veto | (noun) a vote that blocks a decision | - |
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| (noun) the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) | - |
| (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe |
| (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, negative |