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stimulus
  1. 1 stimulus, stimulation, irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes)
  2. 2 impetus, impulse, stimulus, spur, incentive, encouragement, stimulation, motivation, provocation
  3. 3 excitement, thrill
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • A nerve cell responds to a slight stimulus.

    sense 1 · stimulus

  • My advice acted as an encouragement to her.

    sense 2 · impetus

  • Promotion was an incentive to harder work.

    sense 2 · impetus

  • I get a kick out of her cheerful personality.

    sense 2 · impetus

  • Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.

    sense 1 · stimulus

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