badger: to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times (Synonym) pester
(Phrase)
(1) badger someone to do something
(2) badger someone into doing something
(Example)
(1) It is difficult to change someone's opinion by badgering him.
paradox: a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different
(Collocations)
(1) apparent/ great paradox
(2) explain/ resolve a paradox
(Example)
(1) It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.
abound: (verb) to exist in very large numbers
(Example)
(1) Rumors abound as to the reasons for his resignation.
(2) Examples of this abound her book.
(3) The worlds of scinece-fiction abound with wonders.
voracious: (Adjective) having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something
(Collocations)
(1) appetite ... voracious
(2) read voraciously
(3) voracious appetites
(4) voracious appetite
(Adverb) voraciously
