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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |