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knack
 
NOUN:1. Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity: ability, adeptness, art, command, craft, expertise, expertness, mastery, proficiency, skill, technique. Informal : know-how. See ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE. 2. The proper method for doing, using, or handling something: feel, trick. Informal : hang. See ABILITY. 3. An innate capability: aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, instinct, talent, turn. See ABILITY, APPROACH.
 
 
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