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Main Entry:	venture
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	gamble, attempt
Synonyms:	adventure, baby, chance, deal, endeavor, enterprise, essay, experiment, exploit, feat, hazard, investment, jeopardy, peril, project, proposition, pursuit, risk, setup, shot, speculation, stab, stake, test, thing*, trial, undertaking, wager, header, pet project, spec

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Main Entry:	venture
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take a chance
Synonyms:	advance, assay, attempt, bet, brave, challenge, chance, dare, dare say, defy, endanger, essay, experiment, expose, feel, front, gamble, get down, go out on a limb, grope, have a fling at, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, make a stab at, make bold, operate, play for, play the market, presume, put in jeopardy, put up, risk, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take a crack at, take a flyer, take a plunge, try, try out, volunteer, wager

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Main Entry:	adventure
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	risky or unexpected undertaking
Synonyms:	chance, contingency, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture, emprise, endangerment
Antonyms:	avoidance, inaction, inertia, passiveness, stillness, inactivity, latency

Main Entry:	attempt
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	try, effort
Synonyms:	all one's got, attack, bid, crack, dry run, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout
Antonyms:	certainty, laziness, success

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Main Entry:	attempt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	try, make effort
Synonyms:	aim, attack, do level best, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, experiment, give a fling, give a whirl, give best shot, give it a go, give it a try, give old college try, go the limit, have a crack, have a go at, make a run at, pursue, push, seek, shoot the works, solicit, strive, tackle, take a stab at, take best shot, take on, try one's hand at, undertake, venture
Antonyms:	be lazy

Main Entry:	bank on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	depend upon
Synonyms:	assume, count on, stake, trust, venture, wager, be sure about, believe in, bet on, build on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on

Main Entry:	bet
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	game of chance; money gambled
Synonyms:	action, ante, chance, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, risk, shot, shot in the dark*, speculation, stake, uncertainty, venture, wager, betting, down on, odds on, random shot, sweepstakes

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Main Entry:	bet
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	gamble
Synonyms:	ante, chance, dice, game, hazard, pledge, put, risk, set, speculate, trust, venture, wager, buy in on, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pony up, put money on, tempt fortune, toss up

Main Entry:	brave
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	endure bad situation
Synonyms:	bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, go through, risk, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand, face off, fly in the face of, outdare, stand up to
Antonyms:	capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, hide, skip, break down, give up, run away

Main Entry:	danger
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hazard, troublesome situation
Synonyms:	crisis, dynamite, emergency, exigency, exposure, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precipice, probability, risk, storm, threat, uncertainty, venture, clouds, double trouble, endangerment, hot potato, precariousness, risky business, slipperiness, thin ice, vulnerability
Antonyms:	care, guard, preservation, safety, security, carefulness

Main Entry:	defy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	challenge, frustrate
Synonyms:	baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe, hang tough, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on
Antonyms:	give in, obey, surrender, yield

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Main Entry:	effort
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	work, exertion
Synonyms:	accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling, force, go, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot, spurt, stab, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains
Antonyms:	hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity

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Main Entry:	endanger
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	put in jeopardy
Synonyms:	be careless, chance, chance it, expose, hazard, imperil, lay on the line, lay open*, leave defenseless, leave in the middle, make liable, menace, peril, play into one's hands, put at risk, put in danger, put on the spot, risk, stick one's neck out, subject to loss, threaten, venture
Antonyms:	aid, assist, comfort, help, save, take care

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Main Entry:	endeavor
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	attempt to achieve something
Synonyms:	aim, all, best shot, crash project, dry run, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick, old college try, one's all, one's level best, push, shot, stab, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack, whirl, work
Notes:	an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort
Antonyms:	idleness, laziness

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Main Entry:	endeavor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attempt to achieve something
Synonyms:	address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do one's best, drive at, essay, go for broke, go for, grind, hammer away, hassle, have a crack, have a shot at, have a swing at, hump, hustle, intend, labor, make a run at, make an effort, offer, peg away, plug, pour it on, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains, try, undertake, venture
Antonyms:	be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off

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Main Entry:	essay
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	try, attempt
Synonyms:	aim, assay, endeavor, labor, offer, seek, strive, struggle, take on, test, toil, travail, undertake, venture, work, have a crack, have a go, have a shot, have at it, make a run at, put to the test, take a stab at, take a whack at, try out
Antonyms:	forget, neglect, pass, be idle

Main Entry:	experiment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	investigation, test
Synonyms:	agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, fling, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification, R and D, experimentation, research and development, try-on

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Main Entry:	experiment
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	investigate, test
Synonyms:	analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, mess around, probe, prove, research, sample, scrutinize, search, speculate, study, try, try on, venture, verify, weigh, fool with, futz around, play around with, practice with, put to the test, shake down, try on for size, try out

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Main Entry:	exploit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement
Synonyms:	accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture

Main Entry:	feat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement
Synonyms:	accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory
Antonyms:	failure, idleness, inaction