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  • 81pluck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. courage, bravery, valor, stamina, endurance, grip, determination, will; twitch, tug, twang. See resolution. v. t. pull, jerk; pick, twang; gather, garner; slang, rob, fleece. See traction, stealing,… …

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  • 82rashness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Hastiness Nouns 1. rashness, temerity, incautiousness, imprudence, indiscretion, recklessness, folly; overconfidence, audacity, courage, sporting blood; precipitancy, precipitation, impetuosity,… …

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  • 83valor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. courage, intrepidity, fearlessness; prowess, heroism, gallantry; daring, derring do. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity, boldness, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness,… …

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  • 84forwardness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boldness, presumptuousness, impertinence; see rudeness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self confident: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness,… …

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  • 85rudeness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discourtesy, bad manners, vulgarity, incivility, impoliteness, impudence, disrespect, misbehavior, barbarity, unmannerliness, ill breeding, crudity, brutality, barbarism, tactlessness, boorishness, unbecoming conduct, lack… …

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  • 86audaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Willingness to take risks: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, boldness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daring, daringness, venturesomeness, venturousness. See SAFETY. 2. The state or quality of being impudent …

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  • 87brashness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Foolhardy boldness or disregard of danger: foolhardiness, incautiousness, rashness, recklessness, temerariousness, temerity. See CAREFUL. 2. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self confident:… …

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  • 88Vigor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vigor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vigor vigor power force Sgm: N 1 boldness boldness raciness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 intellectual intellectual force Sgm: N 1 spirit spirit …

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  • 89audacious — 1540s, confident, intrepid, from M.Fr. audacieux, from audace boldness, from L. audacia daring, boldness, courage, from audax brave, bold, daring, but more often bold in a bad sense, audacious, rash, foolhardy, from audere to dare, be bold. Bad… …

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  • 90bold — [[t]bo͟ʊld[/t]] bolder, boldest 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is bold is not afraid to do things which involve risk or danger. Amrita becomes a bold, daring rebel... In 1960 this was a bold move... Poland was already making bold economic reforms. Syn …

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