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 |
|---|---|
| quarry | game |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |