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 |
|---|---|
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |