Voracious – English Flashcard for Voracious for IELTS

Voracious

Voracious /vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ (ad)

very eager for something, especially a lot of food, gluttonous, insatiable, ravenous, eager, keen, fond of, avid, hungry:

She has a voracious appetite (= she eats a lot).

He’s a voracious reader of historical novels (= He reads a lot of them eagerly and quickly).

After being a long time away from home, she was voracious for domestic dishes.

Antonyms

sated

Parts of speech

Noun: voraciousness

Noun: voracity

Adverb: voraciously

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