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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| spate | freshet |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| vent | to provide with a vent |