How to pronounce“gumption”in English
you know, Bill actually was an undergrad. Um he would have majored in art if he could have he if he had the
gumption, but he majored in product design, the closest thing he could, but he's almost still long to be a true artist. He did some um artwork and he
finally said, "I'm going to get back to that." So about two years ago, he started taking a figure drawing class.
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Definitions of “gumption”
Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
“Gumption, or rum gumption, docility, comprehenſion, capacity.”
Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
“"You've got a hard way of looking at things, Scarlett," he said. "But you think Hugh over. You could go far and do worse. I think his honesty and his willingness will outweigh his lack of gumption. Scarlett did not answer, for she did not want to be too rude. But to her mind there were few, if any, qualities that outweighed gumption.”
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