Generous/kind

1. altruistic – a) unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (as opposed to egoistic); b) charitable, generous, philanthropic, benevolent, unselfish

2. largess – a) generous bestowal of gifts; b) the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed

3. philanthropic – a) of, pertaining to, engaging in or characterized by philanthropy (love of humankind); b) benevolence

4. beneficent – a) doing good or causing good to be done; b) conferring benefits; c) kindly in action or purpose

5. magnanimous – a) generous in forgiving an insult or injury, free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness; b)high-minded, noble, revealing a nobility of mind or character; c) big liberal, unspiteful

6. munificent – a) extremely liberal in giving, very generous; b) characterized by great generosity; c) bountiful, bounteous, lavish

7. unstinting – a) not being excessively frugal or parsimonious; b) not being tight-fisted, penny-pinching; c) not overly restricted amounts or quantities of things, not putting limitations on purchases or comforts; d) not cutting down on what is allotted or apportioned

8. clement – a) mild or merciful in disposition or character; b) lenient; c) compassionate; d) gentle

GREEDY – characterized by a naked and uncontrolled desire for almost anything, including but not limited to food, drink, money and emotional gratification

1. avaricious – a) characterized by love of money, greed, covetousness; b) desiring to possess more than one already has or might have in normal circumstances; c) a pathological, driven greediness for money or other valuables and usually suggests a concomitant miserliness

2. miserly – a) of, like or befitting a miser (a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money – a pennypincher, tightwad, tightfist, skinflint; b) penurious, cheap, stingy, niggardly, parsimonious, a “Scrooge” (from Dickens’ main character in the Christmas classic “A Christmas Carol”)

3. rapacious – a) stronger and more aggressive than the rest of the terms in the list, implies an assertive, predatory, insatiable and unprincipled desire for possessions and power

4. covetous – a) the powerful and usually illicit desire for the property or possessions of another

5. penurious – a) extremely stingy, parsimonious, miserly; b) extremely poor, destitute, indigent; c) poor or inadequately supplied, lacking in means or resources

6. mercenary – a) working or acting for money or other reward, venal; b) grasping, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous

7. venal – a) willing to sell one’s influence, esp. in return for a bribe, open to bribery, mercenary; b) able to be purchased, as by a bribe; c) bribable, corruptible,

TERSE

1. compendious – a) containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form, concise; b) summary, succinct, packed

2. pithy – a) brief, forceful, meaningful in expression; b) full of vigor, substance or meaning, terse, forcible; c) succinct, pointed, meaty, concise

3. laconic – a) using few words, expressing much in few words; b) brief, pithy, terse, succinct

4. curt – a) rude in speech or abrupt in manner; b) brief, concise, terse, laconic; c) snappish, sharp

5. succinct – a) expressed in few words, concise, terse; b) characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity c) something expressed in as few words as possible (i.e. a succinct statement of a problem)

6. concise – a) expressing or covering much in few words, brief in form but comprehensive in scope, succinct, terse; b) pithy, compendious, laconic; c) this words usually implies that unnecessary details or verbiage have been eliminated from a more wordy statement, i.e. a concise summary of a speech

7. brevity – a) shortness of time or duration, briefness (i.e. the brevity of human life); b) the quality of expressin much in a few words, terseness; c) emphasizes short duration of speech, as in Shakespeare’s “Brevity is the soul of wit.” d) compactness, succinctness, pithiness

8. taciturn – a) inclined to silence, reserved in speech, reluctant to join in conversation; b) dour, stern and silent in expression and manner; c) silent, uncommunicative, reticent, quiet

9. terse – a) neatly or effectively concise, brief and pithy, as language; b) abruptly concise, curt, brusque; c) this word implies brevity combined with wit or polish to produce particularly effective expression (i.e. a terse, almost aphoristic style), but also can suggest brusqueness or curtness (i.e. a terse reply that was almost rude); d) succinct, compact, neat, concentrated

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