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 |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| apprehend | arrest |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| condign | deserved |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |