9
inclination(noun, end, feeling, drive, power)
7
ambition(noun, end, drive, love, passion)
7
avidity(noun, feeling, drive, love, passion)
7
cupidity(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
7
fervor(noun, feeling, love, respect, passion)
7
hopeful(adjective, keen, desirous, aspiring)
7
lasciviousness(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
7
lechery(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
7
libido(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
7
weakness(noun, feeling, love, respect, regard)
6
coveting(noun, verb, adjective, desire, wish)
6
greed(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
6
liking(noun, feeling, drive, power, love)
6
lusting(verb, adjective, keen, anxious, dry)
6
prurience(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
6
thirsting(noun, verb, adjective, keen, anxious)
6
want(noun, end, love, passion, desire)
5
ambitious(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
5
appetence(noun, feeling, passion, desire, taste)
5
appetition(noun, feeling, passion, desire, taste)
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