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verve

noun
  1. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner: animation, bounce, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip. Informal: ginger, pep, peppiness. Slang: oomph. See action
  2. A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness: dash, punch, starch, vigor, vigorousness, vim, vitality. Informal: snap. Idiom: vim and vigor. See action, tired

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