| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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acquisitive
eager or likely to get and keep
The retreat speaker described an acquisitive society that has forgotten the joys of giving and conversing.
Related English words: acquisitiveness, acquisition
Latin root words: quaero, quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus - to seek, search for; adquiro, adquirere, adquisivi, adquisitus - to acquire
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