9
drives(noun, verb, motivates, compels, motives)
7
presses(noun, verb, compels)
7
pushes(verb, motivates, compels, hastens)
6
desires(noun, verb, requests, desires, hungers)
6
goads(verb, motivates, compels)
6
longings(noun, desires, hungers)
5
forces(noun, verb, motivates, motives)
5
impels(verb, motivates, compels)
5
stimulates(verb, motivates, compels)
4
coaxes(verb, suggest, coaxes)
4
cravings(noun, desires, hungers)
4
demands(noun, verb, requests)
4
encourages(verb, motivates)
4
exhorts
4
hastens(verb, motivates, hastens)
4
hurries(verb, hastens)
4
incites(verb, compels)
4
induces(verb, motivates, coaxes)
4
instigates(noun, verb, motivates)
4
prompts(verb, motivates)
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