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urge(feeling, start, pleasure, passion)
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bothering(act, pain, feelings, annoyance)
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drive(cause, desire, reason, interest)
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enticement(fancy, reason, call, request)
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fomentation
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influence(cause, excitement, reason, spur)
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invitation(charge, cause, fancy, boost)
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motivator(cause, spur, incentive, motive)
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resentment(temper, anger, irritation, annoyance)
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animation(feeling, pleasure, passion, rage)
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basis(cause, reason, ground)
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excitation(activity, feeling, pleasure, passion)
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exhortation(reason, spur, lure, stimulus)
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fillip(charge, cause, boost, spur)
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fuel
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impetus(charge, drive, cause, desire)
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impulsion(drive, desire, reason, interest)
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inflammation
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prod
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provoking(annoyance, stimulus, nuisance, incitement)
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