temerity
C1CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister
General noun
Reckless boldness or audacity that disregards danger or propriety.
She had the temerity to correct the professor in front of the whole lecture.
Business noun
Excessive boldness or nerve that disregards risk or propriety.
He had the temerity to challenge the founder's pet project in open forum, and it nearly cost him his job.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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