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 |
|---|---|
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| cursive | running |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |