Term: gamble: a risky act or venture
Candidate hypernym: risk: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury → 1
Candidate hypernym: morsel: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful → 0
Candidate hypernym: timid: people who are fearful and cautious → 0
Candidate hypernym: codon: a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid → 0
Candidate hypernym: edaphosaurus: heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic → 0
Candidate hypernym: oak: the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring → 0
Candidate hypernym: hood latch: a catch that holds the hood of a car shut → 0
Candidate hypernym: horoscope: a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets → 0
Candidate hypernym: narrow-leaved flame flower: similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: colonoscopy: visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation → 0
Candidate hypernym: polemic: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) → 0