This week's theme
Words to describe people

This week's words
magnanimous
percipient
sagacious
temerarious
malapert

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PRONUNCIATION:

(tem-uh-RAR-ee-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Presumptuously or recklessly daring or bold.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin temere (rashly). Earliest documented use: 1532.

USAGE:

"So, on a pleasant weekend in March, one crew member and three fellow hardy fools -- a truly temerarious team -- set off across the ice."
Rare Look Inside Caves; St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota); Apr 27, 2008.

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