What is the meaning of avid?

Frankenstein: what attitudes toward education are expressed by shelley in her description of victor’s upbringing in chapter 1? what, for example, motivates victor and elizabeth to study/practice?

Which phrases from the text contain words with strong connotations that describe the violence in honduras? check all that apply.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?