gutsy, plucky -- (marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine")
feisty, plucky, spunky -- (showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger")
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