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meal, zeal
meal (MEEL) (noun)
1. Food eaten to satisfy a person's hunger: Christa and Charles had a nutritious and delicious meal.
2. The ground seeds of certain grass plants: Aaron took the wheat to the mill to be crushed into meal.
zeal (ZEEL) (noun)
The eager, enthusiastic pursuit of something: Laurel had a special zeal for studying butterflies.

With great zeal, Monroe ate his first meal after a long fast.

zeal (s), zeals (pl) (noun forms)
1. Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); ardor, ardour, elan.
3. Excessive fervor to do something or to accomplish some end.
4. Passion; great or extreme enthusiasm.

Passions are fashions.

—Clifton Fadiman

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

—Buddha (563?-483? B.C.)
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zeal, zest, zest
zeal (ZEEL) (noun)
1. Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance: Gina was a politician known for her zeal and passion for reform.
2. A strong feeling of interest and enthusiasm that makes someone very eager or determined to do something: Ricky's son started to do his homework with renewed zeal after getting his first 'A' grade.

The local school principal enforced regulations with excessive zeal.

zest (ZEST) (noun)
1. Lively excitement with a feeling of enjoyment and enthusiasm: Melinda had a zest for life because she had a keen interest in everything around her.
2. A lively quality that increases enjoyment, excitement, or energy: Leo's use of humor added zest to his stage performance.
zest (ZEST) (noun)
Thin strips or scrapings of the skin of a citrus fruit used as flavoring in cooking or baking: The recipe said to add one spoonful of orange zest to the cake batter.

Brittany is reading a book about Julia Child who was a fine cook and demonstrated great zeal in her passion for food.

When she talked, she spoke with zest about her recipes which often included zest as a flavoring.

(Greek > Latin: ardor, fervor; jealousy, jealous)