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aptitude

[ ap-ti-tood, -tyood ]

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noun

capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent:
She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
Synonyms: bent, propensity, proclivity, predisposition, faculty, gift
readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence:
He was placed in honors classes because of his general aptitude.
Synonyms: acumen
the state or quality of being apt; special fitness.

aptitude

/ ˈæptɪˌtjuːd /

First recorded in 1400–50; from Late Latin aptitūdō; apt, -i-, -tude

C15: via Old French from Late Latin aptitūdō, from Latin aptus apt

Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.

Not quite saying what academic aptitude is, he is sure Harvard should emphasize it to create a “true meritocracy.”

If we just focused on academic aptitude, he suggests, the professors would be well-served.

Worry about academic aptitude, he suggests, and the soul will take care of itself.

Nonetheless, that “inward sweetness” awakened the future preacher to a rather uncommon youthful aptitude for holiness.

Whether this aptitude was combined with the sinuous cunning that is essentially Oriental Nigel did not know.

She was fascinated by this aptitude, but presently she was still more fascinated by the subtle use that he was making of it.

Sarah was intelligent and well trained; she inherited all her mother's aptitude for rule and order.

I know of no other private enterprise that so truly represents the skill, aptitude, and energy of American genius.

But, on the other hand, it demands aptitude in writing for the orchestra and appropriately solid material.

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