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aptitude

Noun

Meaning

A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.

Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. Anton Chekhov

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work. André Maurois

The divine element manifests itself (or show up) in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for virtue. True morality, true philosophy and true art are in their essence ("dans leur essence", Fr.) religious." African Spir

There is no field other than the weird in which I have any aptitude or inclination for fictional composition. Life has never interested me so much as the escape from life. H. P. Lovecraft

... Henke sensed her terrifying aptitude for destruction as never before. Henke had feared for her sanity; now she knew the truth was almost worse than that. Honor wasn't insane - she simply didn't care. She'd lost not only her sense of balance but any desire to regain it. David Weber

Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for. Geena Davis

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