propensity (n.)
- affinity
- animus
- aptitude
- aptness
- bent
- bias
- cast
- character
- constitution
- delight
- diathesis
- disposition
- eagerness
- eccentricity
- fancy
- fascination
- favor
- felicity
- flair
- grain
- idiosyncrasy
- inclination
- inclining
- individualism
- kidney
- leaning
- liability
- liking
- make
- makeup
- mettle
- mind
- mind-set
- mold
- nature
- partiality
- penchant
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- probability
- proclivity
- proneness
- readiness
- set
- slant
- stamp
- strain
- streak
- stripe
- susceptibility
- sympathy
- temper
- temperament
- tendency
- tropism
- turn
- twist
- type
- warp
- weakness
- willingness
By labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times as they should not willingly let it die.