backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
(noun) fortitude and determination; “he didn’t have the guts to try it”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gumption (usually uncountable, plural gumptions)
(Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]
Synonym: gumph
(US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
Synonyms: chutzpah, gumph, guts, spunk
(US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.
Synonym: gumph
Source: Wiktionary
Gump"tion, n. Etym: [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. geómian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
