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verbtake a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
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verbput at risk
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nouna wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
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- romance an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
- grey United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
- lawrence Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
- casanova an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)
- casanova any man noted for his amorous adventures
- slum spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
- saga a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- thriller a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
- crichton Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
- sinbad in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages