meaning of "threat" and "venture"

[Kathrin]

Synonym Search, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #117 "Synonyms for threat and danger", question 9

A lot of countries from the third world live under the constant ......... of famine.

(a) venture
(b) peril
(c) threat
(d) harm

Synonym Search, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #117 "Synonyms for threat and danger", answer 9

A lot of countries from the third world live under the constant threat of famine.

Correct answer: (c) threat

Your answer was: incorrect
A lot of countries from the third world live under the constant venture of famine.
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what exactly Threat & venture means

Thanks in advance
Kathrin

[Lucien_Librarian]

Hello Kathrin

In my own words:
A venture is a plan one or more persons plan to set in action, an undertaking. You have certainly heard the term "joint venture"? In the business world it means that two companies will cooperate on something.

A threat is the potential of something negative that will possibly happen and maybe someone even announces it to you that he/she will make it happen..with some conditions attached. In case of the test question, the famine is a threat because the people in those Third World countries often border on not having enough food to survive.

L.L.
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