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1.

competency

efficacy

deficiency

satisfactoriness

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2.

superficial

basic

core

rudimentary

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3.

substratum

rationale

result

premise

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4.

first

primary

minor

fundamental

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5.

inconsistency

evenness

steadiness

reliability

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6.

enduring

continual

unwavering

fluctuating

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7.

unimportant

characteristic

portion

element

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8.

media

material

emptiness

composition

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✗

9.

anchor

core

triviality

underpinning

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✗

10.

decisive

important

necessary

insignificant

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✗

11.

periphery

nub

meat

kernel

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✗

12.

introductory

rudimental

basic

advanced

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✗

13.

soul

spirit

facade

nature

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✗

14.

vital

optional

critical

mandatory

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✗

15.

uniformity

component

part

slant

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✗

16.

underlying

elemental

peripheral

essential

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✗

17.

insignificant

basic

inherent

foundational

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✗

18.

adaptable

ingrained

innate

intrinsic

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✗

19.

narrow

overarching

systemic

comprehensive

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✗

20.

changeable

enduring

unalterable

set

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✗

21.

needed

unimportant

urgent

vital

✔

✗

22.

unnecessary

crucial

needed

required

✔

✗

23.

predestined

fixed

uncertain

inexorable

✔

✗

24.

inescapable

unswerving

unyielding

flexible

✔

✗

25.

underlying

natural

extrinsic

instinctive

✔

✗

26.

essential

extraneous

vital

inherent

✔

✗

27.

congenital

essential

extrinsic

native

✔

✗

28.

inalienable

simplifiable

inherent

inexorable

✔

✗

29.

center

essence

exterior

gist

✔

✗

30.

living

hobby

work

profession

✔

✗

31.

flaw

linchpin

keystone

bulwark

✔

✗

32.

partial

unmitigated

plain

categorical

✔

✗

33.

crucial

minor

important

decisive

✔

✗

34.

qualification

requisite

option

need

✔

✗

35.

insistent

important

noncritical

burning

✔

✗

36.

primitive

derivative

paramount

primary

✔

✗

37.

heart

ideal

model

exception

✔

✗

38.

origin

offshoot

development

result

✔

✗

39.

optional

integral

vital

prerequisite

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✗

40.

makeshift

complex

simple

rough

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✗

41.

stipulation

prerequisite

crucial

nonessential

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✗

42.

origin

generator

author

end

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✗

43.

existential

integral

inseparable

localized

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✗

44.

pervasive

present

uncommon

everywhere

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✗

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