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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

audacity

noun

Definition

bold courage; daring

In a sentence

She had the audacity to question the principal directly.

Similar words

  • nerve
  • daring

Why this word matters: audacity appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.