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   A·vid·i·ty

   /əˈvidədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. extreme eagerness or enthusiasm: "he read detective stories with avidity"
   • ▪ the overall strength of binding between an antibody and an antigen.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French avidité or Latin aviditas, from avidus ‘eager, greedy’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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