gumptionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɡʌmp.ʃən/us/ˈɡʌmp.ʃən/informalthe ability to decide what is the best thing to do in a particular situation, and to do it with energy and determination:
She had the gumption to write directly to the company manager and persuade him to give her a job.
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Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agile
- apt
- artful
- as (if) to the manner born idiom
- brilliance
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- ingenious
- ingenuity
- profound
- quick-witted
- razor-sharp
- ready
- resource
- resourceful
- resourcefulness
- scholarly
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