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 |
|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |