learn a new word each week

I realised I don’t need to put them on this website to learn a new one each week. I’m learning constantly, I don’t need this to prove it to myself.

Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh).

Lacking social polish; tactless.

Abounding in something; Filled to the point of bursting.

Example:
They found the jungle replete with life of all sorts.

Infamous for being wicked.

Example:
The nefarious wizard was known for burning people alive for his secret rituals.

An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth.

Macbeth:
With this there grows,
In my most ill-compos’d affection, such
A stanchless avarice, that, were I king,
I should cut off the nobles for their lands.