3
irrevocable(set, strict, expected, necessity, necessary)
3
needful(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
3
prerequisite(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
3
stringent(adjective, authority, affected, compulsion, strained)
2
absolute
2
arbitrary
2
automatic(adjective, unwilling, obligatory)
2
coerced(affected, strained, unnatural)
2
conclusive(set, strict, necessary, required, obligatory)
2
decisive(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
2
enforced(adjective, affected, strained, unnatural, required)
2
hard-and-fast(adjective, strict)
2
necessitous(essential, required, needed)
2
open and shut(expression, idiom, sound, certain, true)
2
ordained(near, necessary, coming, inexorable, intended)
2
overhanging(near, doomed, coming, intended, designed)
2
reluctant(adjective, forced, unwilling, obligatory)
2
way the ball bounces(expression, idiom, near, coming, intended)
1
aggressive(adjective, violent)
1
all-important(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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