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ac·quis·i·tive
 acquisitive
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having an eager desire to gain or possess, esp. material goods.
The acquisitive teenagers found it hard to adjust to their family's sudden loss of income.- synonyms:
- covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, possessive
- antonyms:
- nonmaterialistic
- similar words:
- avaricious, desirous, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, sordid
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| related words: |
bourgeois, covetous |
adverb + (adj.)acquisitive
aggressively, both, most, sometimes
(adj.)acquisitive
+ noun
bank, ceo, collector, desire, devotion, economy, effort, exercise, instinct, interest, mimesis, nature, society, streak, tendency, type, urge, value, yuppie
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| derivations: |
acquisitively (adv.), acquisitiveness (n.) |
The word acquisitive
contains the following part:
quer, ques, quir, quis, quest
Latin
root
that means ask, seek
  Example words:
acquire, acquisitive, inquest, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inquisitive, query, quest, question, request, require, requisite
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