GRE Word List
TEMERITY
unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
The meaning of the word temerity is unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| refrain | curb |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| pudding | blood sausage |