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action-adventure |
a genre of films, video games, and the like having an exciting undertaking involving risk and danger as its main story line, and involving one or more heroes engaged in a series of physical challenges. [1/2 definitions] |
adventure |
a journey or other undertaking that involves risk, danger, or excitement. [4/5 definitions] |
adventurous |
characterized by risk or excitement. [1/2 definitions] |
all right |
unharmed or undamaged, or free of the risk of harm or damage; safe. [1/5 definitions] |
alright |
all right; unharmed or undamaged, or free of the risk of harm or damage. [1/4 definitions] |
caveat emptor |
the principle that one who buys something does so at his or her own risk. |
chance |
a risk; a possibility of success or failure. [2/4 definitions] |
chance it |
(informal) to take the risk of some bad thing happening. |
check |
in chess, the situation in which a king is at risk of being captured by an opponent's piece. [1/19 definitions] |
complacent |
contented with oneself or one's situation to a degree that prevents self-criticism, further progress, or appropriate response to signals of danger or risk. [1/2 definitions] |
danger |
a chance or likelihood that something bad or harmful may happen; peril; risk. [1/2 definitions] |
daresay |
to take the risk of saying (used to introduce a statement of what one imagines to be true; used only in the first person singular in the present tense). |
diversify |
to spread one's efforts or investments over a variety of products, securities, or the like, in order to increase production or profitability, or average the risk of loss. [1/2 definitions] |
endangered |
at risk of becoming seriously hurt or killed. [1/2 definitions] |
enterprise |
an undertaking, esp. one characterized by complexity, risk, or wide scope; venture. [1/3 definitions] |
entrepreneur |
someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
expose |
to subject to risk by stripping away or not providing needed protection. [1/7 definitions] |
extreme |
involving danger or risk. [1/7 definitions] |
firetrap |
a building that is at high risk of catching fire and is esp. dangerous in case of fire. |
gamble |
to risk money or other things on the result of a game, race, or other event. |
go for all the marbles |
(slang) to risk a great deal hoping for a big gain. |
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