grasping (
http://definr.com/grasping)
adj : immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping
old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money
and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile
employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn:
avaricious,
covetous,
grabby,
greedy,
prehensile]
n 1: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his
most strenuous graspings"
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {taking
hold},
seizing,
prehension]