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 |
|---|---|
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |