gumptious

(ˈɡʌmpʃəs)

adj

having gumption

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Adj.

gumptious - working hard to promote an enterprise

up-and-coming, energetic, industrious

enterprising - marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far"

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The poster on the notice board says, " This is to inform all the gumptious people of Kashmir to persuade the current ongoing independence movement to its goal.

The Burhan poster proclaims: " This is to inform all the gumptious people of Kashmir to persuade the current ongoing independence movement to its goal.

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Jacques Martin the author of "When China Rules the World" appreciates smart rise of China and argues persuasively that China would take over as the world's dominant power and then China would play a gumptious role to enhance its power and Beijing would make the rules on its own terms.

Withering Hegemony of US and Evolving De-centered Globalism: A Theoretical account

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