verve (n.)
- aggressiveness
- alacrity
- animation
- anxiety
- anxiousness
- appetite
- ardor
- avidity
- avidness
- bang
- bounce
- breeziness
- brio
- briskness
- bubbliness
- buoyancy
- dash
- drive
- eagerness
- ebullience
- ecstasy
- effervescence
- elan
- elasticity
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- esprit
- excitement
- exuberance
- fervency
- fervidness
- fervor
- fire
- flair
- flourish
- forwardness
- friskiness
- frolicsomeness
- furor
- fury
- gaiety
- gayness
- get-up-and-go
- ginger
- gust
- gusto
- heart
- heartiness
- heat
- impatience
- initiative
- keenness
- kick
- life
- liveliness
- moxie
- oomph
- panache
- passion
- passionateness
- pep
- pepper
- peppiness
- piquancy
- pizzazz
- playfulness
- poignancy
- poop
- promptness
- punch
- pungency
- push
- quickness
- raciness
- readiness
- relish
- resiliency
- savor
- skittishness
- snap
- soul
- sparkle
- spirit
- spiritedness
- spirits
- sportiveness
- sprightliness
- spring
- spunk
- starch
- thrust
- vehemence
- vigor
- vim
- vitality
- vivacity
- vividness
- warmth
- zeal
- zest
- zestfulness
- zing
- zip