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 |
|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| quench | put out |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |