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chutzpah
CIDE DICTIONARY
chutzpah, n. [Yiddish khutzpa.].
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision. [WordNet 1.5]
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, unwarinessFor further exploring for "chutzpah" in Webster Dictionary Online