Word to the Wise: Ravening

"Ravening" (RAVE-uh-ning) - from an archaic verb for "to prey/plunder" - means excessively greedy or grasping.

Example (as used by George Meyer in The New Yorker): "Yet no vice bedevils me like my one desperate fixation, my shameful ravening itch: I simply must attend conferences."

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