Gumption /(?)/

Gump·tion

Gumption

n.
  1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]
    One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated.
    — Lord Lytton.
  2. The art of preparing colors. (Paint.)
  3. Megilp.
  4. initiative; resourcefulness.
  5. Courage; guts.