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want(verb, activity, action, upset)
38
desire(verb, take, drive, love)
35
lack(verb, action, upset, hold)
35
demand(verb, state, hold, take)
32
necessity(state, order, help, force)
23
wish(verb, take, charge, drive)
23
poverty(state, trouble, pass, difficulty)
23
shortage(pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
22
penury(state, pass, difficulty, distress)
21
insufficiency(pass, difficulty, distress, weakness)
21
indigence(state, trouble, pass, difficulty)
20
requirement(order, fix, understanding, pass)
20
destitution(state, trouble, defeat, pass)
20
exigency(trouble, force, desire, concern)
19
must(verb, work, charge, understanding)
17
hunger(verb, take, love, passion)
16
call for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, state)
16
lust(verb, take, drive, love)
15
deficiency(defeat, pass, difficulty, distress)
15
distress(state, fix, pass, difficulty)
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