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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WordMeaning
tantalizeto tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
slinkto go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal
politypolitical organization
impenitentnot penitent
avowto declare assuredly