Both Uses
bravado
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- And in that moment, with bravado borrowed from Jack, it is okay.†
p. 10.7 *
- He'd stand silhouetted in the grainy light of the bedroom, and though all of us were supposed to be asleep, and pretended to be, we were rapt, awed by his cheer and bravado.†
p. 82.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(bravado) a bold manner or show of bravery -- often hiding fear or insecurity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)