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"Rapacious" traces back to a Latin word for "snatch, grab, steal, or carry away."
Part of speech:
"Rapacious" is a formal, semi-common word with a very negative tone. To say that a person (or a group of people) is rapacious is to compare them to greedy, hungry, sharp-clawed animals who put their own needs first. And last. Because they give zero hoots about anyone else.
"A rapacious hedge fund got its claws deeper into the Chicago Tribune chain in December."
Explain the meaning of "rapacious" without saying "avaricious" or "snatching and grabbing."
Fill in the blanks: "A rapacious (person or group of people) (hurt someone), (damaging something)."
Try to spend 20 seconds or more on the game below. Don’t skip straight to the review—first, let your working memory empty out.
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A near opposite of RAPACIOUS is
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