12
zest(noun, body, taste, hint, suggestion)
11
check(verb, stop, race, thwart, hindrance)
11
grip(noun, verb, remove, press, touch)
11
shot(noun, drop, part, fix, mark)
11
trim(verb, cut, diminish, scratch, wound)
11
twinge(noun, verb, grasp, squeeze, bite)
11
twitch(noun, verb, have, grasp, seize)
10
arrest(noun, verb, stop, remove, appropriate)
10
piquancy(noun, body, taste, hint, suggestion)
9
bit(noun, drop, touch, hint, smack)
9
compress(verb, press, crush, diminish, grasp)
9
cut(noun, verb, trouble, damage, harm)
9
pinch
9
prune(verb, cut, diminish, shortness)
9
shear(verb, cut, diminish, shortness)
9
spot(noun, drop, mark, dash, stain)
9
zip(noun, verb, move, stop, act)
8
catch(noun, verb, remove, taste, appropriate)
8
coolness(noun, cold, chill, coldness)
8
jigger(noun, drop, big, ingestion)
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