Monday 10 January 2011

Word of Last Week #23

Gumption (noun)
Resourcefulness, the ability to know the right thing to do is, and do it. Guts.
E.g. "I didn't have the gumption to try."

Sources:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gumption
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/gumption
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gumption

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