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gumption
adventuresomeness, audacity, cleverness, energy, get-up-and-get, go-to-itiveness, initiative, nerve, pushfulness, shrewdness, venturousness
Definition
n.
sound practical judgment
Last update: October 11, 2015
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It takes a sizable amount of
gumption
to confront your fears.
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Do you really have the backbone and
gumption
to sing in front of a million people?
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But I hope I'd have the
gumption
not to rationalize my actions by pretending I believed what I did was right.
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Wonder he had the
gumption
to propose to any girl.
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There's more
gumption
in a page of John Stuart Mill than in all that foreign trash.
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"Herbert has no
gumption
, John," he said; "he wants to be an 'artist."'
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He looks as if he had some
gumption
; Tom was always Mr.
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"Emmeline Drew has no
gumption
, I must allow," said Susan.
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"If they're train robbers they have more
gumption
than I thought."'
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