devour
To eat something quickly and greedily.
devour in a sentence
- Starving after the match, Jack devoured three sandwiches in under a minute.
- Watch the caterpillars devour every leaf on the cabbage until only the stalks are left.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to devour?
- Apeck
- Bgobble
- Csip
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B: gobble. The other three mean the opposite of devour.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to devour?
- Apeck
- Bgulp
- Cscoff
- Dgobble
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A: peck. The other three mean nearly the same as devour.
Words that mean something similar
gobble, gulp, scoff
Words that mean the opposite
peck, sip
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test