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Study the word APPETITE: (Source) When you have an appetite, or a good appetite, it means you feel hungry and ready to eat. If you don't have an appetite, it means you're not hungry--you could be feeling sick, or maybe you're just still full from your last meal. If something makes you lose your appetite, it's grossed you out so much, or made you so sad or angry, that you don't want to eat anymore. Ron has a big appetite as he sits down to dinner: (Source) When you exercise for a long time, or play hard or study hard for a long time, you work up an appetite. That means you get more and more hungry and ready for food. If you have an appetite for some specific food, then you want only that one. I've always got an appetite for mac and cheese. (Source) You can have an appetite for something that isn't food. You could have an appetite for adventure, meaning you're "hungry" for adventure: you crave it, you want it, and you can't wait to get it. You could have an appetite for books, meaning you're "hungry" to read: you crave books, and you can't wait to read them. Lots of them! (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture appetite your sense of feeling hungry and being ready to eat   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word APPETITE: Remember: to have an appetite for something is to be hungry for it, or very ready for it and wanting it. Idea 1: "(Doing something active) makes me work up an appetite, and I can't wait to eat (some specific meal)." Idea 2: "Even when I'm pretty full, I always have an appetite for (my absolute favorite food)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.