adj.
1. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
2. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector.
According to this dictionary definition, which sentence uses the word voracious correctly?
Responses
A When the voracious three-year old rampaged through the house, the noise was deafening.When the voracious three-year old rampaged through the house, the noise was deafening.
B When I'm feeling voracious, the only thing I want to do is curl up and read a good book.When I'm feeling voracious, the only thing I want to do is curl up and read a good book.
C The voracious teacher assigned endless volumes of homework to her poor, over-stressed students.The voracious teacher assigned endless volumes of homework to her poor, over-stressed students.
D The minotaur had a voracious appetite and regularly devoured sixteen Athenian youth each year.
1 answer
The sentence that uses the word "voracious" correctly according to the dictionary definition provided is:
D: The minotaur had a voracious appetite and regularly devoured sixteen Athenian youth each year.
This sentence correctly uses "voracious" to describe a large appetite for food. The other sentences either apply "voracious" in contexts that don't relate to appetite (A, B, and C), or in a way that strains the definition (B and C).
