Grasping and Knowing

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Grasping adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.

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Knowing and grasping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowing" instead an adjective "Grasping".

Nearby Words: grasp, grasped, grasper

Knowing adjective - Having inside information.

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Grasping and knowing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grasping" instead an adjective "Knowing".

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land used "grok" to mean "to drink", "to consume", and a third sense peculiar to Martian philosophy about "knowing something in its entirety, and grasping the true essence thereof".

Source: Perfectly Cromulent Word
Lucy Steele might seem like a harmless ditz at first, but she turns out to be grasping and passive-aggressive; knowing that Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars are close, she makes a big point of talking about her engagement to him in front of Elinor.

Source: Bitch in Sheep's Clothing

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