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(v) to impose as a burden

To entail

(v) to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value

Aspire

(adj) distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.

Cynical

(adj) compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing

Urgent

(n) a subtle difference or  distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.

Nuance

(idiom) Close to, on the brink of

On the Verge of something

(adj) counter to what intuition would lead one to expect

Counterintuitive

(n) any place or point of entering or beginning

threshold

(n) a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field

virtuoso

(n) a period of ten years

a decade