Fain
Fain adjective - Having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action).
Usage example: during the Renaissance most men of science and the arts were fain to express their noblest thoughts in Latin, the lingua franca of the learned
Prone
Prone adjective - Having a tendency to be or act in a certain way.
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