Avid

Avid (Adjective)

1. characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit: very eager and enthusiastic
2. desirous to the point of greed: urgently eager: GREEDY

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In the passage “BROOKLYN WAS MINE” by Jennifer Eagan, the author states “And she often reported on her avid reading”

In this sentence, the author uses the word “avid” to describe the enthusiasm that Lucy had from some of her readings which were: Dorothy Parker, Howard Fast, Boris Voyetekhov’s The Last Days of Sevastopol”