22
simple(adjective, clear, hard, light, smooth)
19
pure(adjective, simple, right, clean, plain)
17
sheer(adjective, hard, simple, right, severe)
17
plain(adjective, absolute, more)
16
bare(adjective, hard, simple, right, slight)
15
scant(adjective, hard, simple, slight, severe)
14
insignificant(adjective, small, unimportant, absolute, unimportance)
13
absolute(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure)
12
stark(adjective, simple, cold, ordinary, absolute)
11
unmixed(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure)
11
utter(adjective, simple, ordinary, absolute, meager)
10
lake(noun, water, pond, gulf lake)
10
pool(noun, lake, collection, pond, gulf lake)
10
pure and simple(expression, adjective, idiom, clean, plain)
9
little(adjective, clear, smooth, simple, slight)
9
pond(noun, lake, gulf lake)
8
loch(noun, lake, pond, gulf lake)
8
minor(adjective, small, absolute, more)
8
only(adjective, adverb, utter, absolute)
8
unadorned(adjective, hard, severe, clean, plain)
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