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n. Ardent desire or craving; eagerness.

n. Keen interest or enthusiasm: followed the tournament with avidity.

n. Chemistry The dissociation-dependent strength of an acid or base.

n. Chemistry Degree of affinity.

n. Greediness; strong appetite.

n. Eagerness; intenseness of desire

n. The measure of the synergism of the strength individual interactions between proteins.

n. Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire.

n. Greediness; strong appetite: applied to the senses.

n. Eagerness; intenseness of desire: applied to the mind.

n. Synonyms Earnestness, Zeal, etc. See eagerness.

n. In physical chemistry, a constant by means of which can be expressed the distribution of a base between two acids each sufficient to neutralize the whole of the base, or conversely; that is, the relative energy with which the acids tend to seize their shares of base: a term employed to avoid the use of the word affinity.

n. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

"She herself was no exception to this reluctance: Rieff emphasizes that she hated talking about death and "loved living," had an "avidity" for life."

enthusiasm   

élan    zeal    ardour    ardor   

greediness    eagerness    alacrity    enthusiasm    liveliness   

greediness    eagerness    alacrity    solicitude    trepidation    impetuosity    relish    avarice    volubility    vehemence