WOTD AND QOTD

Word of the Day

voracious (vɔreɪʃəs , వొరైశస / వోరేశస)
Example
Suddenly a colony of extremely voracious ants were crawling across my legs.
Definition
adjective

  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities
    Synonyms:  edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish
    “a rapacious appetite”

    “edacious vultures”

    “ravenous as wolves”

    “voracious sharks”

  2. excessively greedy and grasping
    Synonyms:  rapacious, ravening
    “a rapacious divorcee on the prowl”

    “paying taxes to voracious governments”

    “ravening creditors”

Quote of the Day

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

David Brinkley