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Word of the day: Grasping
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Today’s word of the day is:
Grasping
Grasping: Adjective- greedy; avaricious also, be used to grasp or tending to grasp; tenacious.
Pronunciation: ɡrɑːspɪŋ
Some common synonyms of grasp are clutch, grab, seize, snatch, and take. While all these words mean “to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand,” grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession. grasp the handle and pull.
Example: a sly, grasping man.
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