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| deep-seated(adjective, original, essential, absolute) | |
| duck soup(expression, simple, straightforward, fundamental) | |
| easy(simple, straightforward, real, genuine) | |
| facile(simple, straightforward, fundamental, uncomplicated) | |
| grass-roots(adjective, important, significant, original, essential) | |
| inborn(adjective, original, absolute, fundamental) | |
| inbred(adjective, original, absolute, fundamental) | |
| indispensable(adjective, important, significant, original, essential) | |
| inherent(adjective, body, material, natural, animate) | |
| innate(adjective, body, material, natural, animate) | |
| integral(adjective, body, material, important, significant) | |
| live(material, natural, living, functional) | |
| living(material, natural, functional, nuclear) | |
| main(adjective, top, original, essential) | |
| major(adjective, important, significant, original, essential) | |
| meat-and-potatoes(adjective, important, significant, original, essential) | |
| meat and potatoes(expression, adjective, idiom, simple, plain) | |
| nitty-gritty(adjective, original, absolute, fundamental) | |
| nub(adjective, original, absolute, fundamental) | |
| nuclear(material, natural, living, functional) |
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