Hutzpa

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  chutzpa \chutzpa\, chutzpah \chutzpah\n. [Yiddish khutzpa.]
     aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he
     had the chutzpah to question my decision. [Also spelled
     {hutzpa}, and {hutzpah}.]
  
     Syn: audacity, audaciousness.


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