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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
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| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |