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want(noun, verb, activity, action, upset)
35
lack(noun, verb, action, upset, hold)
32
necessity(noun, state, order, help, force)
23
poverty(noun, state, trouble, pass)
23
shortage(noun, pass, distress, weakness)
22
penury(noun, state, pass, distress)
21
insufficiency(noun, pass, distress, weakness)
21
indigence(noun, state, trouble, pass)
20
destitution(noun, state, trouble, defeat, pass)
20
exigency(noun, trouble, force, desire, concern)
15
deficiency(noun, defeat, pass, distress)
15
distress(noun, state, fix, pass)
15
neediness(noun, state, pass, distress)
15
privation(noun, trouble, defeat, pass)
15
scarcity(noun, pass, distress, weakness)
14
dearth(noun, pass, distress, weakness)
13
inadequacy(noun, pass, distress, weakness)
13
paucity(noun, pass, distress, weakness)
12
pauperism(noun, pass, distress, failure)
9
beggary(noun, pass, distress, condition)
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