acquisitive

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English adjective meaning eager to acquire or possess things

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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · acquisitive · 0:46 · 5 Jul
…While acquisitive is a useful synonym to the likes of greedy and avaricious, it's relatively unknown compared to its more popular lexical relations, acquire and acquisition.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · acquisitive · 0:22 · 5 Jul
…Someone or something described as acquisitive…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · acquisitive · 0:20 · 5 Jul
…Acquisitive is an adjective.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · acquisitive · 0:12 · 5 Jul
…Today's word is acquisitive, spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-V-E.…
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