black mettle

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mettle
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Sense: Spirit

Synonyms:

animation, energy , spunk, force , life , vitality, brio, briskness, chutzpah, eccentricity, elan, enthusiasm , gameness, glow , gusto, heart , heart of oak, impetuosity, impetus, intestinal fortitude, joie de vivre, espieglerie, kidney , bottle , liveliness, lustiness, mettlesomeness, nerve , perkiness, pertness, pith, pluck , pluckiness, resolution , spirit , stamina , stout heart, streak , stripe , temper , vivacity, zest , zestfulness

Sense: Hardihood

Synonyms:

stamina , bravery , pluck , courage , strength , mettle, ardor, backbone , bottom , character , constitution, dauntlessness, gameness, grit , true grit, guts, gutsiness, heart , heart of oak, fortitude, bottle , nerve , pith, pluckiness, robustness, spirit , spunk, stout heart, temper , toughness

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