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51audacity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. boldness, courage; impudence; rashness, insolence. Ant., meekness, forbearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Courage] Syn. daring, boldness, valor; see courage 1 . 2. [Impudence] Syn. impertinence, temerity …
52brass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, assurance, impudence; top brass. See authority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An alloy of copper and zinc] Syn. copper alloy, pinchbeck, Muntz s metal, orichalc, mosaic gold, yellow metal, prince… …
53cheek — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. jowl; insolence, impertinence, sauce, impudence, effrontery, face, brass (inf.); nerve, gall, sass (all sl.). See side. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Either side of the face] Syn. jowl, gill, chop*; see face …
54chutzpah — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, effrontery, impudence. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [HOOTS puh] nerve, brass, fearlessness. It takes a lot ofchutzpah to cut in line. SYN.: nerve, brass, gall, *balls …
55presumption — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. audacity, assurance, arrogance, haughtiness; impetuosity; deduction, conclusion, inference, guess, hypothesis. See insolence, belief. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An assumption] Syn. conjecture, guess,… …
56rudeness — 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… …
57Insolence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Undue assumption of superiority. < N PARAG:Insolence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insolence insolence Sgm: N 1 haughtiness haughtiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 arrogance arrogance airs Sgm: N 1 overbearance overbearance …
58barefaced — 1580s, with face uncovered or shaven; see BARE (Cf. bare) (adj.) + FACE (Cf. face) (n.). Thus, unconcealed (c.1600), and, in a bad sense, shameless (1670s). Cf. EFFRONTERY (Cf. effrontery). The half French bare vis (adj.) conveyed the same sense… …
59presumption — pre•sump•tion [[t]prɪˈzʌmp ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of presuming 2) belief on reasonable grounds or probable evidence 3) something that is presumed; an assumption 4) a ground or reason for presuming or believing 5) law Law. an inference permitted… …
60brass — /bras / (say brahs) noun 1. a durable, malleable, and ductile yellow alloy, consisting essentially of copper and zinc. 2. a utensil, ornament, or other article made of brass. 3. Machinery a bearing, bush, or the like. 4. the group of musical… …
