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 |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |