activity, aggressive self-confidence, airiness, animation, ardor, arrogance, audacity, bold front, boldness, bounce, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, breeziness, brio, briskness, bumptiousness, buoyancy, carefreeness, cheekiness, chestiness, chirpiness, cockiness, conceit, conceitedness, contempt, contemptuousness, daring, daringness, debonairness, defial, defiance, defying, derision, despite, disdain, disregard, elan, enthusiasm, glow, gusto, immodesty, impertinence, impetuosity, impetus, impudence, insolence, jauntiness, joie de vivre, levity, life, light heart, lightheartedness, lightness, lightsomeness, liveliness, lustiness, mettle, obtrusiveness, perkiness, resilience, robustness, sauciness, self-assertiveness, self-conceit, side, spirit, spiritedness, swelled head, swelled-headedness, vivacity, warmth, zest, zestfulness

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