Context clueInference clue
No direct meaning; you work it out from the details.
After the long match, Kabir ate three plates of biryani; he was ravenous.
Extremely hungry.
The ravenous puppy finished its bowl in seconds.
Remember: No signal word here. Ask: what do the details tell me? Three plates after a match means very hungry.
Short lessonReading cluesWhen you meet a new word, the sentence around it often holds clues to its meaning.