2
meditative(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, pensive)
2
ravening(adjective, desire, piggish, begging, tight-fisted)
1
acquisitive(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
1
antsy(adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic, excited)
1
anxiety
1
ardent(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
1
ardor
1
aspiration
1
bathetic(noun, adverb)
1
beery(noun, adverb)
1
breathless(adjective, keen, enthusiastic, excited, ready)
1
champing at the bit(expression, adjective, idiom, keen, wild)
1
cloying(noun, adverb)
1
cupidity
1
curious
1
daydreaming(adjective, melancholy, thoughtful, desirous, hopeful)
1
desirable
1
desire
1
dry
1
dying to(expression, adjective, keen, wild, enthusiastic)
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