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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tome | book |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |