Today's Word "intrepid"
Fearless, bold or brave
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intrepid \in-TREP-id\, adjective) - Fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
"The French settlers' commander had seemed so intrepid. Why wasn't he intrepid enough to stick his head in the noose?" -- Harry Turtledove, 'Opening Atlantis'
Intrepid comes from Latin intrepidus, "calm," from in-, "not" + trepidus, "anxious, disturbed."