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knack
noun
1 some people have a knack for making money | it takes practice to acquire the knack:
gift, talent, flair, genius, instinct, faculty, ability, capability, capacity, aptitude, aptness, bent, forte, facility, dexterity, adroitness, readiness, quickness, ingenuity, proficiency, expertness, competence;
technique, method, trick, skill, art, secret, approach, way, skilfulness, mastery, expertise, handiness, deftness;
informal know-how, the hang of something.
antonyms inability.
2 he has a knack of getting injured at the wrong time:
tendency to, propensity for, habit of, way of, proneness to, aptness to, bent for, liability to, leaning towards, predisposition to, disposition to, inclination to, penchant for, readiness to.
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