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Thesaurus: gumption

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

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  1. n. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.
  2. n. The art of preparing colors.
  3. n. Megilp.
  4. n. sound practical judgment
  5. n. fortitude and determination
  6. 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.] One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated. Lord Lytton. 2. (Paint.) (a) The art of preparing colors. Sir W. Scott. (b) Megilp. Fairholt.
  7. n:100 n sound practical judgment n fortitude and determination