audacious

adj

Etymology: From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

1. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

   “It was an audacious thing for her to attempt, but boldness had often served her turn before.”

   “That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.”

2. Impudent, insolent.