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

WordMeaning
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
drollhaving a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
bulgeto jut out : swell
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
diversediffering from one another : unlike
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
compunctionanxiety arising from awareness of guilt
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
carata unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy