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isk n. 1 danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, chance, gamble: I would
take up skydiving, but my mother won't let me because of the
risk.
--v. 2 endanger, imperil, jeopardize, hazard, chance, gamble:
Would you really risk all your money on one roll of the dice?
risky adj. dangerous, perilous, hazardous, chancy, touch-and-go,
precarious, Colloq iffy, dicey, dodgy, touchy: Futures trading
is a very risky business, as many have discovered to their
dismay.
risqu‚ adj. indelicate, unrefined, indecorous, indecent, improper,
broad, naughty, spicy, salty, off colour, racy, bawdy, erotic,
suggestive, wicked, blue, ribald, daring, salacious, gross,
Colloq Brit near the knuckle: Some of those photographs of
beauty contest queens are pretty risqu‚.
rite n. ceremony, ritual, ceremonial, observance, formality, custom,
practice, routine, procedure, solemnity, solemnization, liturgy:
This weekend I have to perform the annual rite of having tea
with great-aunt Elizabeth at the Ritz.
ritual adj. 1 ceremonial, ceremonious, sacramental: The celebrants
undergo ritual washing before preparing the sacrifice. 2
procedural, formal, conventional, customary, habitual, routine,
prescribed, usual, automatic, perfunctory: Each time they meet,
Harold and Bill have to go through a ritual handshaking routine
- a hangover from their school-days, I think.
--n. 3 formality, routine, custom, practice, convention,
protocol: If everyone goes through this tea-drinking ritual
twice a day, how do you get any work done? 4 See rite, above.
rival n. 1 competitor, opponent, contender, challenger, antagonist,
adversary; opposition: This year there are many formidable
rivals for the championship.
--v. 2 compete with or against, contend with or against,
oppose, challenge, contest, struggle with or against, vie with,
combat, compare with, equal, measure up to, (be a) match (for):
Jan's prowess at tossing the caber rivalled that of anyone else