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Roget 863:
rashness
etc.
adj.;
temerity,
want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion;
overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity.
precipitancy,
precipitation;
impetuosity;
levity;
foolhardihood†,
foolhardiness;
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458;
carelessness
etc.
(neglect)
460;
desperation;
Quixotism,
knight-errantry;
fire eating.
gaming,
gambling;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark,
leap of faith,
fool's paradise;
too many eggs in one basket.
desperado,
rashling†,
madcap,
daredevil,
Hotspur,
fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
Hector,
scapegrace,
enfant perdu [Fr.];
Don Quixote,
knight-errant,
Icarus;
adventurer;
gambler,
gamester;
dynamitard†;
boomer [U.S.].
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Roget 475:
uncertainty,
incertitude,
doubt;
doubtfulness
etc.
adj.;
dubiety,
dubitation†,
dubitancy†,
dubitousness†.
hesitation,
suspense;
perplexity,
embarrassment,
dilemma,
bewilderment;
timidity
etc.
(fear)
860;
vacillation
etc.
605;
diaporesis†,
indetermination.
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
haze,
fog;
obscurity
etc.
(darkness)
421;
ambiguity
etc.
(double meaning)
520;
contingency,
dependence,
dependency,
double contingency,
possibility upon a possibility;
open question
etc.
(question)
461;
onus probandi [Lat.];
blind bargain,
pig in a poke,
leap in the dark,
something or other;
needle in a haystack,
needle in a bottle of hay;
roving commission.
precariousness
etc.
adj.;
fallibility.
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Roget 621:
chance
etc.
156;
lot,
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
luck;
good luck
etc.
(good)
618;
mascot.
speculation,
venture,
stake,
game of chance;
mere shot,
random shot;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark;
pig in a poke
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
fluke,
potluck;
faro bank;
flyer [Slang];
limit.
uncertainty;
uncertainty principle,
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
drawing lots;
sortilegy†,
sortition†;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†;
rouge et noir [Fr.],
hazard,
ante,
chuck-a-luck,
crack-loo [U.S.],
craps,
faro,
roulette,
pitch and toss,
chuck,
farthing,
cup tossing,
heads or tails cross and pile,
poker-dice;
wager;
bet,
betting;
gambling;
the turf.
gaming house,
gambling house,
betting house;
bucket shop;
gambling joint;
totalizator,
totalizer;
hell;
betting ring;
dice,
dice box.
[person who takes chances]
gambler,
gamester;
man of the turf;
adventurer;
dicer†.
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