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eager(adjective, keen, energetic, enthusiastic, excited)
14
eagerness(noun, end, drive, love, passion)
13
hungry(adjective, keen, energetic, enthusiastic, excited)
12
aspiration(noun, end, drive, love, passion)
11
desiring(verb, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
10
fancy(noun, feeling, drive, power, love)
10
appetence(noun, feeling, strong, drive, passion)
10
need(noun, love, passion, desire, want)
10
wistful(noun, adjective, melancholy, anxious, eager)
9
ache(noun, passion, desire, urge, need)
9
avidity(noun, feeling, drive, love, passion)
9
covetousness(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
9
inclination(noun, feeling, drive, power, love)
8
ambition(noun, end, drive, love, passion)
8
concupiscence(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
8
cupidity(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
8
envy(noun, feeling, desire, yearning, sensualism)
8
excitement(noun, feeling, passion, desire, enthusiasm)
8
fervor(noun, feeling, love, passion, desire)
8
languishing(noun, verb, adjective, eager, desirous)
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