Rapacious and Temperate

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

Usage example: rapacious plunderers who despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids

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Temperate is an antonym for rapacious.

Nearby Words: rapacity, rapaciously

Temperate adjective - Given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites.

Usage example: a soft-spoken, serious-minded person of temperate habits

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Rapacious is an antonym for temperate.

Nearby Word: temper

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