GRE Word List
VENTURE
to proceed especially in the face of danger
The meaning of the word venture is to proceed especially in the face of danger.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |