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Urge

/ˈɜrdʒ/
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(noun) A strong desire to do something.

Advertisements urge us to buy luxuries.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He felt a sudden ____ to call his mother and tell her about the great news he had received this morning today.

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