GRE vocabulary
audacious
showing bold and daring disregard for risk or convention
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In a sentence
Audacious in a sentence
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Their audacious plan to cross the desert on foot stunned the experts.
Synonyms
Antonyms
timidcautiouscowardly
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Questions about “audacious”
Audacious (adjective) means showing bold and daring disregard for risk or convention
Here is audacious used in an example sentence: "Their audacious plan to cross the desert on foot stunned the experts."
Common synonyms for audacious include bold, daring, intrepid.
Antonyms of audacious include timid, cautious, cowardly.
Audacious is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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