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 |
|---|---|
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |