Lesson 9. Words Relating to Cheapness or Care with Spending Money (austere, avaricious, frugal, mercenary, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, thrifty)
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parsimonious (a)
extreme care or reluctance in spending; frugality; niggardliness
avaricious (a)
greedy
mercenary (a)
greedy; money-making at expense of ethics
austere (a)
having great economy; showing self-control
miserly (a)
hoards money or possessions, don't share
skinflint (n)
niggardly person; miser
thrifty (a)
showing care with how money and resources are spent or used
frugal (a)
careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful
penurious (a)
stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution