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 |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| ram | a male sheep |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |