3
initiatory(adjective, start, beginning, opening, original)
3
intact(adjective, simple, whole, united)
3
keystone(noun, law, support, regulation, action)
3
meat-and-potatoes(adjective, important, original, essential, critical)
3
mere
3
must(noun, condition, need, essential, certainty)
3
natal
3
part and parcel(noun, expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic)
3
particular(noun, drop, part, material, essential)
3
preparatory
3
pristine(adjective, rough, violent, head, beginning)
3
quintessential(adjective, important, significant, essential, basic)
3
required(adjective, important, significant, capital, essential)
3
requirement(noun, concern, demand, need, essential)
3
same(adjective, simple, whole, united)
3
seminal(adjective, generative)
3
simon-pure(adjective, pure)
3
soul(cause, source, origin)
3
spare(adjective, severe)
3
special(adjective, important, key, chief, foremost)
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