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  • 91incentive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stimulus, goad, spur; motive, cause; provocation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spur, inducement, motivation, motive, stimulus, stimulation, spring, impetus, catalyst, ground, provocation, enticement,… …

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  • 92push — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, advertise, advocate, aggrandize, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressiveness, ambition, ambitiousness, amperage,… …

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  • 93cause — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. source (See cause); subject, basis; case; doctrine, view. See thought, belief. II That which produces an effect Nouns 1. cause, origin, source, wellspring, principle, element; leaven; groundwork,… …

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  • 94horse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, fine, good, great, lovely, magnificent ▪ He was mounted on the finest horse you could ever see. ▪ bay …

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  • 95drive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. propel, impel; urge forward, pursue; steer, control; conduct, carry out; ram, hammer, thrust; urge, force, compel, coerce. See compulsion, travel, propulsion, energy, haste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 96hustle — Synonyms and related words: Charleston, Highland fling, Lambeth Walk, Mexican hat dance, Portland fancy, Virginia reel, Watusi, accelerate, action, activity, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, aggression, aggressiveness, allemande, ambitiousness …

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  • 97switch — Synonyms and related words: about face, accommodation, action, adaptation, adjustment, agency, alchemy, alteration, alternate, amelioration, anagnorisis, angle, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, appendage, architectonics, architecture, argument,… …

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  • 98motivate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. induce, move; draw on, give an impulse to, inspire, prompt, stimulate, inspirit, [a]rouse, animate, incite, provoke, instigate, influence, bias, sway; tempt, seduce; bribe, suborn; enforce, impel,… …

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  • 99stir — v 1. mix, commix, intermix, scramble; blend, mingle, commingle, intermingle; fuse, merge, amalgamate; beat, whip, churn. 2. move, budge, act; trouble oneself, move an inch, exert oneself, make an effort, lift a finger; shift, change positions,… …

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  • 100bustle — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, ado, agitation, bake, beat, bilk, bite, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bullying, bundle, burst, buzz about,… …

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