Effrontery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
Effrontery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/ɪˈfrʌn.tər.i/ US /-ţɚ-/ (noun)
extreme rudeness and lack of ability to understand that your behavior is not acceptable to other people, brashness, gall, nerve, presumption, temerity, audacity, impudence, cheekiness, boldness:
He was silent all through the meal and then had the effrontery to complain that I looked bored!
Antonym: timidity, timorousness, shyness, fearfulness
Fre: effronterie
Fa: بی شرمی
