Mettle (noun)
met-l
Courage or fortitude.
1575–85; spelling variant of metal, in metaphoric usages
Example sentences
“The whole trip was likely to test our mettle. We knew it wouldn’t be easy but we couldn’t wait!”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
