5
pursue(verb, attack, bother, worry, wrong)
5
rile(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
5
trick(noun, verb, information, draw, catch)
5
twit
4
bullyrag(verb, bother, worry, annoy, pursue)
4
carrot(noun, draw, fake, reason, call)
4
chafe(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
4
chivy(verb, bother, follow, annoy, harass)
4
entrap(verb, influence, excite, trick, charm)
4
frustrate(verb, provoke, torment, tease, torture)
4
give the come-on(expression, idiom, draw, interest, kill)
4
incitement(noun, reason, spur, encouragement, lure)
4
inveiglement(noun, draw, fancy, catch, like)
4
lead on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, information, bother)
4
morsel(noun, piece, scrap, crumb)
4
pique(verb, annoy, provoke, interest, excite)
4
reward(noun, encouragement, compensation, stimulus, gift)
4
stimulus(noun, reason, spur, encouragement, lure)
4
sweetening(noun, reward, lure, compensation, gift)
4
trouble(verb, attack, hurt, bother, worry)
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