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 |
|---|---|
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| pliant | pliable |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| stout | strong of character: such as |