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bedrock(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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cause(noun, start, authority, base, beginning)
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center(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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essence(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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explanation(noun, base, suggestion, beginning, guess)
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heart(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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radicle(noun, cause, quick, root)
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ancestry(noun, cause, derivation)
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premise(noun, base, suggestion, beginning, guess)
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principle(noun, cause, base, suggestion, beginning)
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radix(noun, cause, quick, root)
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rudiment(noun, start, top, base, beginning)
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core(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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embryo(cause, derivation)
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essential(noun, base, beginning, foundation)
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essentiality(cause, origin)
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evidence(noun, base, beginning, foundation)
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generator(cause, derivation)
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germ(cause, origin, derivation)
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infrastructure(noun, cause, start, base, beginning)
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