Encouraging sort of talk (3)

I believe the answer is:

pep

(Other definitions for pep that I've seen before include "Ginger; tax-free investment" , "Energy, zip" , "Palindrome for vitality or energy" , "Vim and vitality" , "Energy, liveliness" .)

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