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ASK
Consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

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WANT
Anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

LACK
Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

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CRAVE
Plead or ask for earnestly

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ENTAIL
The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

MOTIVE
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

DEMAND
The act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

PENURY
A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

DESIRE
Express a desire for

DEARTH
An insufficient quantity or number

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BEGGARY
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

CRAVING
An intense desire for some particular thing

PAUCITY
An insufficient quantity or number

POVERTY
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

CALLFOR
Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

INVOLVE
Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

REQUIRE
Make someone do something

URGENCY
Pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"

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HARDSHIP
Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

SHORTAGE
An acute insufficiency

EXIGENCY
A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"

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ESSENTIAL
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

REQUISITE
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

ADDICTION
(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"

PRIVATION
Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

EMERGENCY
A brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

INDIGENCE
A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

PAUPERISM
A state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

POSTULATE
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

NECESSITY
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

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MOTIVATION
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

DEFICIENCY
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

COMPULSION
Using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"

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DESTITUTION
A state without friends or money or prospects

DESIDERATUM
Something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"

NECESSITATE
Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

REQUIREMENT
Required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"

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PREREQUISITE
Something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"

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PAUPERIZATION
The act of making someone poor

IMPECUNIOSITY

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IMPOVERISHMENT
The act of making someone poor