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 |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| compulsory | mandatory |