6
presentiment(noun, feeling, idea, hope, expectation)
6
presumption(noun, belief, hope, expectation, conjecture)
6
promise(noun, plan, desire, concern, belief)
6
providence(noun, care, caution, consideration, protection)
6
suspense(noun, belief, doubt, uncertainty, hope)
6
thought(noun, study, feeling, plan, idea)
5
preoccupation(noun, hope, expectation, expectancy)
5
dread(noun, expectation)
5
joy(noun, hope, expectation, expectancy)
5
optimism(noun, state, desire, concern, belief)
5
plan(noun, organization, study, increase, plan)
5
prescience(noun, feeling, care, idea, guess)
5
readiness(noun, organization, study, increase, plan)
4
rumination(noun, study, understanding, attention, exercise)
4
anticipate
4
apprehensiveness(noun, feeling, expectation, foreboding, intuition)
4
assumption(noun, desire, concern, belief, hope)
4
augury(noun, feeling, idea, guess, estimate)
4
awaiting(noun, hope, expectation, expectancy, confident expectation)
4
care(noun, caution, protection, safeguard, prudence)
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