What does the word temerity mean?
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Venturesome boldness; rashness.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for temerity
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He was hardly warm in the parish before he went into the allotment agitation with the feverish enthusiasm of inexperience, and he also had the temerity to start a school. – The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Alexander Johnstone Wilson
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As if marvelling at this temerity, the big rattler tucked back his head and sounded the alarm again. – The Untamed by Max Brand