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 |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |