audacious
aw-DAY-shusadjMeaning boldly daring, sometimes to the point of rudeness
Memory hook AWE-DACIOUS: so bold it leaves us in AWE. Little Pip marches up to the king and asks to try on his crown. The whole court gasps in awe at such an audacious request.
Asking the famous chef for her secret recipe on live TV was an audacious move.
In context The plan was audacious: the students would build a full-size rowboat in two weeks and sail it across the lake, though none of them had ever built anything bigger than a birdhouse.
Similar daring, bold, brazen, gutsy
Opposite timid, cautious, meek
From Latin audax, “bold, daring,” from audere, “to dare.”