Cupidity

  • 31greed — 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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  • 32Radix malorum est cupiditas — The official emblem of the Black Rose, an anarchist symbol, with the quotation on the bottom of the seal. Radix malorum est cupiditas is a Biblical quotation in Latin that means greed is the root of evils (or, in sentence order, the root of evil… …

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  • 33avarice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greed. See desire. Ant., generosity, prodigality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. covetousness, Cupidity, greediness; see greed . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [AV ur is] unhealthy… …

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  • 34covet — [13] Covetousness and cupidity are very closely related, etymologically as well as semantically. Covet comes via Old French coveitier from Vulgar Latin *cupiditāre, a verb derived from the Latin noun cupiditās (from which English gets cupidity).… …

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  • 35covet — [13] Covetousness and cupidity are very closely related, etymologically as well as semantically. Covet comes via Old French coveitier from Vulgar Latin *cupiditāre, a verb derived from the Latin noun cupiditās (from which English gets cupidity).… …

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  • 36Leone Caetani — (september 12 1869 – december 251935), Duke of Sermoneta (also known as Prince Caetani), was an Italian scholar, politician and historian of the Middle East. Caetani is considered a pioneer and founding father in the application of the Historical …

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  • 37Madzikane — was the founder and a King of the Bhaca people. Before him his fathers tribe was known as AbakwaZelemu but after Madzikane had united many multitudes of deferent people and deferent tribes his nation was known as amaBhaca consisting of many… …

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  • 38Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …

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  • 39Andrew Jackson: Farewell Address — ▪ Primary Source              In his Farewell Address, written with the help of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and delivered March 4, 1837, Andrew Jackson reviewed the accomplishments of his administration and explained the motivation of some of… …

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  • 40Unjust War with Mexico — ▪ Primary Source       By 1847 Albert Gallatin s long and distinguished career of public service as a congressman, cabinet member, and diplomat was behind him. Most of those with whom he had worked and sometimes fought were dead, and at age 86 he …

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