Ventured

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word ‘Venture’ means to proceed especially in the face of danger. Which in simplest terms, it would be to take a risk. In the reading ‘A Jury Of Her Peers’ by Susan Glaspell, this word was found on the first page in the sentence “”The country’s not very pleasant this time of year,” Mrs.Peters at last ventured, as if she felt they ought to be talking as well as the men.” By the definition given above, I can interpret that Mrs.Peters talks to the men to join in the conversation but also approach it in risk.