penchant, paucity

penchant: 애호

a strong liking for something or a strong tendency to behave in a certain way

1. Aside from the Catholic penchant for fish on Fridays, there is also the tradition of eating red beans and rice on Monday … —Tom Piazza, Why New Orleans Matters, 2005

     a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space.

From both her father and mother she had inherited a penchant for art, literature, philosophy, and music. Already at eighteen she was dreaming of painting, singing, writing poetry, writing books, acting—anything and everything. 

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paucity: 적은 양, 소량

 a small amount of something : an amount that is less than what is needed or wanted