Friday, May 8, 2009

Word of the Day - May

Voracious -
vo⋅ra⋅cious [vaw-rey-shuhs, voh-, vuh-]
–adjective
1. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
2. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean having or marked by boundless greed: a voracious reader of history; a gluttonous consumer of fine foods; a rapacious acquirer of competing businesses; a politician ravenous for power.

Dictionary
Merriam-Webster

- by Jerlynn Ang, CC/CL

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