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41Rashness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Rashness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rashness rashness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 temerity temerity want of caution imprudence indiscretion Sgm: N 1 overconfidence overconfidence presumption audacity GR …
42sure — 1 assured, *confident, sanguine, presumptuous Analogous words: relying, trusting, depending, counting, banking (see RELY): inerrant, unerring, *infallible: *safe, secure 2 Sure, certain, positive, cocksure mean having or showing no doubt. Sure… …
43cocksureness — noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant • Syn: ↑certitude, ↑overconfidence • Derivationally related forms: ↑overconfident (for: ↑overconfidence), ↑cocksure …
44riding for a fall — {adj. phr.} Behaving in an overconfident way that is likely to lead to trouble; being too sure of yourself; doing something dangerous. * /The student who does not study for exams is riding for a fall./ * /Mr. Smith has borrowed too much money on… …
45riding for a fall — {adj. phr.} Behaving in an overconfident way that is likely to lead to trouble; being too sure of yourself; doing something dangerous. * /The student who does not study for exams is riding for a fall./ * /Mr. Smith has borrowed too much money on… …
46cocksure — adjective Etymology: probably from 1cock + sure Date: 1608 1. feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds 2. marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness ; cocky …
47Alfred Edward Housman — (pronEng|ˈhaʊsmən; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was a classical scholar and English poet best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad . Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems were mostly written …
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50Frank Whittle — Infobox Person name = Frank Whittle image size = 300px caption = birth name = birth date = birth date|1907|6|1|df=y birth place = Earlsdon, Coventry, England. death date = death date and age|1996|8|9|1907|6|1|df=y death place = Columbia, Maryland …
