spunk

/spʌŋk/
noun
  1. Courage, determination, or lively spirit; pluck.
    • It takes a lot of spunk to start your own business from scratch.
    • The little girl showed real spunk when she stood up to the bully.
    • The team played with spunk and never gave up, even when they were losing.
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