Vocab Set #3
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Miserly
(adj.) Careful with how money is spent; thrifty
Penurious
(adj.) Stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution
Parsimonious
(adj.) Too thrifty, stingy; too miserly
Frugal
(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager; thrifty
Mercenary
(adj.) greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making
Austere
(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
Thrifty
(adj.) showing care with how money and resources are spent or used; miserly
Avarice
(n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth