| audacity | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. audaciousness, audacity, temerity | fearless daring. |
| ~ boldness, hardihood, daring, hardiness | the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. audaciousness, audacity | aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.; "he had the audacity to question my decision" |
| ~ boldness, nerve, brass, cheek, face | impudent aggressiveness.; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" |
| ~ effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption, assumption | audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" |
| daring | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. dare, daring | a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.; "he could never refuse a dare" |
| ~ challenge | a call to engage in a contest or fight. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness | the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart" |
| ~ fearlessness | the trait of feeling no fear. |
| ~ adventurousness, venturesomeness | the trait of being adventurous. |
| ~ daredevilry, daredeviltry | boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior. |
| ~ audaciousness, audacity, temerity | fearless daring. |
| ~ brazenness, shamelessness | behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame. |
| adj. | 3. audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous | disposed to venture or take risks.; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" |
| ~ adventuresome, adventurous | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises.; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" |
| adj. | 4. avant-garde, daring | radically new or original.; "an avant-garde theater piece" |
| ~ original | being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of.; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" |
| embezzle | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" |
| ~ fiddle | commit fraud and steal from one's employer.; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
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