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chutzpah

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chutz=pah

CIDE DICTIONARY

chutzpahn. [Yiddish khutzpa.].
     aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chutzpah, n. sl. shameless audacity; cheek.

Etymology
Yiddish

THESAURUS

chutzpah

backbone, bottom, brashness, brass, brazen boldness, cheek, crust, face, gall, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, heart, heart of oak, heroics, hubris, improvidence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, nerve, overboldness, overcarelessness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweeningness, pith, pluck, rashness, spirit, spunk, stamina, stout heart, temerariousness, temerity, toughness, unchariness, unwariness

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