After hiking for ten hours without food, the explorers were starving and eagerly consumed their provisions.
徒步十小时未进食后，探险者们饿极了，急切地吃掉了他们的补给。
Which choice best defines “starving”?
D — Very hungry. “starving” means very hungry.
Which word means “very hungry”?
D — starving. “starving” means very hungry.
starving — very hungry. In Chinese: 极饿的.
starving is pronounced /ˈstɑːrvɪŋ/.
After hiking for ten hours without food, the explorers were starving and eagerly consumed their provisions. (徒步十小时未进食后，探险者们饿极了，急切地吃掉了他们的补给。)
famished, ravenous, hungry — all close in meaning to starving (very hungry).
full, satiated — each the opposite of starving (very hungry).
Yes. starving is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.