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Let's say you're in a meeting, and you hear your boss mispronounce a word. The same one, over and over.
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"Temerity" traces back to the Latin temere, which could mean either "by chance: randomly" or "rashly, recklessly, foolishly."
Part of speech:
Pick the formal, semi-common word "temerity" (instead of "guts" or "audacity") when you want to call special attention to someone who does something rude, daring, or otherwise risky.
"Once at a lunch at a large bookseller's... I had the temerity to disagree with [Gore Vidal]."
Explain the meaning of "temerity" without saying "guts" or "recklessness."
The narrator in Catch-22 says:
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Try to spend 20 seconds or more on the game below. Don’t skip straight to the review—first, let your working memory empty out.
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The opposite of TEMERITY is
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