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Vetoing :: Vetoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vet.

Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

Veto :: Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..

Veto :: Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.

Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..

Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..

Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Vetoed :: Vetoed (imp. & p. p.) of Vet.

Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..

Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Over :: Over (prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto..

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

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