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crucial(adjective, important, significant, original, essential)
7
indispensable(adjective, important, significant, original, essential)
7
pivotal(adjective, important, significant, serious)
7
radical(adjective, importance, important, significant, original)
6
organic(adjective, important, significant, original)
6
overruling(adjective, importance, important, serious, essential)
6
significant(adjective, important, original, essential, critical)
5
elementary(adjective, important, head, significant, beginning)
5
rudimentary(adjective, important, head, significant, beginning)
4
basal(adjective, lead, important, head, significant)
3
constitutive(adjective, important, essential, critical)
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critical(adjective, important, original, essential)
3
elemental(adjective, important, significant, original, essential)
3
needful(adjective, important, significant, capital, essential)
3
outstanding(adjective, important, significant, essential, prominent)
3
primordial(adjective, important, head, significant, beginning)
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requisite(adjective, important, significant, original, essential)
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bottom-line(adjective, important, significant, original, essential)
2
constitutional(adjective, important, significant, original)
2
integral(important, significant, original, essential, critical)
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