intrepid
in-TREP-idadjMeaning fearless and adventurous
Memory hook IN-TREPID: NOT TREMBLING. Trepid means trembling, and in- means not. Tia steps into the dark cave with her lantern without a single shiver: she is intrepid.
The intrepid explorer paddled alone up the unmapped river.
In context Most of the divers turned back at the mouth of the dark sea cave, but the intrepid pair swam on, eager to see what lay inside.
Similar fearless, brave, bold, daring
Opposite timid, fearful, timorous
From Latin intrepidus, “unshaken, not alarmed”: in- (not) + trepidus (alarmed, trembling).