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enliven(verb, get, disturb, encourage, produce)
18
prompt(verb, move, make, change, force)
17
activate(verb, move, make, drive, open)
17
encourage(verb, support, make, get, force)
17
instigate(verb, move, make, change, force)
17
motivate(verb, move, upset, make, get)
17
quicken(verb, move, upset, make, get)
17
turn on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, trouble)
16
awake(verb, excite, stir, grow, alert)
16
goad(verb, upset, make, help, force)
16
wake up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, bother, disturb)
15
enkindle(verb, get, promote, encourage, overcome)
15
wake(verb, support, charge, disturb, touch)
14
foment(verb, present, bother, cause, disturb)
14
raise(verb, present, touch, encourage, provoke)
13
electrify(verb, move, bother, disturb, touch)
13
evoke(verb, present, bother, cause, disturb)
13
spark(verb, get, drive, touch, encourage)
13
thrill(verb, move, bother, disturb, touch)
13
urge(verb, support, make, get, change)
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