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“eager”
eager (adjective), more eager, most eager
1. Quite desirous to do or to get something: Jane's dog was so eager to go outside and run over the meadow.
There was only one eager student in the class who always wanted to be the first to answer the teacher's questions.
2. Regarding the state of being very excited and interested; keen; enthusiastic: On the first day of school, all the eager students were quiet, looked at the teacher, and listened carefully.
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acerb-, acerbo-; acri-, acrid-
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(Latin: itch, itching; be wanton, be eager for)
(Latin: eagerness, to be eager; to be diligent; to be pressing forward)