GRE Word List

VENTURESOME

inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring

The meaning of the word venturesome is inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring.

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sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
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egressa place or means of going out : exit
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subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
hideto put out of sight : secrete
imperativenot to be avoided or evaded : necessary
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray