| looked-for(necessary, wanted, needed) | |
| loss(noun, shortage, discrepancy, shortfall) | |
| made | |
| main | |
| malnutrition | |
| manifest(obvious, inevitable, inescapable) | |
| matchless(flawless, faultless, textbook) | |
| material | |
| meaningful(important, essential, critical, fundamental, decisive) | |
| meant | |
| meat-and-potatoes(important, essential, critical, basic, fundamental) | |
| meat and potatoes(expression, idiom, critical, decisive) | |
| merited | |
| missed(verb, lacked) | |
| momentous(adjective, important, significant, serious, essential) | |
| name(important, essential, critical, basic, fundamental) | |
| name-of-the-game(important, essential, critical, basic, fundamental) | |
| nitty-gritty(important, essential, critical, basic, fundamental) | |
| nonelective | |
| obligation |
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