Risk-Taking Terms

noun audacity, nerve, boldness, sheer guts

adjective chutzpah can also be used as an adjective to describe someone as having audacious or bold behavior

• Her chutzpah in negotiating the deal impressed the entire board.
• I can't believe the chutzpah she had to ask for a raise after just a month on the job.
• That guy has some serious chutzpah to try and pick a fight with the bouncer.
• His chutzpah in trying to climb Mount Everest without any training is both admirable and reckless.

noun a challenge or invitation to do something risky or dangerous

verb to challenge someone to do something risky or dangerous

• I dare say that your proposal lacks sufficient evidence to support its validity.
• I dare you to jump off the diving board into the pool!
• I double dare you to ask your crush out on a date!
• Sometimes, we must dare to dream beyond our limitations.