Rabid - Important SAT Vocabulary
Rabid rabid interest, rabid dog. These words are related to rabies.
You’ve probably heard of rabies, the dangerous disease humans can get if they’re bitten by a RABID animal (i.e., an animal infected with rabies), like a dog or a bat. Rabies affects the brain, and animals infected with rabies act mad (as in insane, not as in angry).
RABID is an adjective, and it literally means infected with rabies. But by extension, rabid can also mean extremely passionate (about something).
📚️ Definition of Rabid
Rabid (adjective): Extremely enthusiastic, fanatical, or zealous about something; having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something. Also, affected by rabies. Example: a rabid sports fan.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Rabid
IPA: /ˈræb.ɪd/ (See IPA key)
Respelling: RAB-id
📰 Examples of Rabid
Here are some examples of the word rabid:
Rabid fans of the 90s boy band, the group paid $600/ticket and flew to Las Vegas to see
My brother is such a rabid comics fan that he purchases every comic book with Batman in it (if he can afford it).
We were told that a rabid dog was living in the woods behind the cabin, but we did not have any encounters with him.
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