After a long day of hiking, the ravenous explorers devoured their entire supply of trail mix.
经过一整天远足后,饥饿难耐的探险者们吃光了所有混合干果。
Which choice best defines “ravenous”?
D — Extremely hungry; voracious. “ravenous” means Extremely hungry; voracious.
Which word means “Extremely hungry; voracious”?
A — ravenous. “ravenous” means Extremely hungry; voracious.
ravenous — Extremely hungry; voracious. In Chinese: 贪婪的,饥饿的.
ravenous is pronounced /ˈrævənəs/.
After a long day of hiking, the ravenous explorers devoured their entire supply of trail mix. (经过一整天远足后,饥饿难耐的探险者们吃光了所有混合干果。)
famished, starving, voracious — all close in meaning to ravenous (Extremely hungry; voracious).
satiated, full — each the opposite of ravenous (Extremely hungry; voracious).
Yes. ravenous is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
raven (plunder, raven colloquial eat) + ous → extremely hungry, greedy.