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   Ra·pa·cious

   /rəˈpāSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. aggressively greedy or grasping: "rapacious landlords"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin rapax, rapacii- (from rapere ‘to snatch’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rapaciously adverb
   • 2. rapaciousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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