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game, gamy, gamey, mettlesome, spirited, spunky

adj. willing to face danger

sandy, granular, coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, mealy

adj. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue"

adventurous, adventuresome

adj. willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

bold

adj. fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

nervy, courageous

adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

courageous, gutsy

adj. marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"

gallant

adj. unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"

lionhearted

adj. extraordinarily courageous

stalwart, stouthearted, stout-hearted, valiant

adj. used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"

undaunted

adj. resolutely courageous; "undaunted in the face of death"

valiant, valorous

adj. having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

coarse-grained

adj. not having a fine texture; "coarse-grained wood"; "large-grained sand"

granulated

adj. made grainy or formed into granules; "granulated sugar"

open, loose

adj. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"

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