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

WordMeaning
wagto be in motion : stir
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
beleaguerbesiege
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
elysiumthe abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill