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 |
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catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
lank | not well filled out : slender |
incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
dissension | disagreement |
lode | waterway |
impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
diverse | differing from one another : unlike |