All 3 Uses of
aptitude
in
The House of Mirth
- Lily was naturally proud of her mother's aptitude in this line: she had been brought up in the faith that, whatever it cost, one must have a good cook, and be what Mrs. Bart called "decently dressed."
Chpt 1.3 *aptitude = natural ability
- It could not be that one conscious of such aptitudes for mastery and enjoyment was doomed to a perpetuity of failure; and her mistakes looked easily reparable in the light of her restored self-confidence.†
Chpt 1.8
- She had learned by experience that she had neither the aptitude nor the moral constancy to remake her life on new lines; to become a worker among workers, and let the world of luxury and pleasure sweep by her unregarded.
Chpt 2.11aptitude = natural ability
Definition:
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(aptitude) natural ability