aptitude

An aptitude for mentally stringing together related items, often cited as a hallmark of human language, may have deep roots in primate evolution, a new study suggests.

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.