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Associations of "Firsthand" (30 Words)
| basal | Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem. The plant grows huge basal leaves. |
| basic | Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental. Teachers are going back to basics to encourage pupils to learn English. |
| basically | In essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature. We started from a basically simple idea. |
| basilar | Of or situated at the base of something, especially of the skull, or of the organ of Corti in the ear. The basilar membrane of the cochlea. |
| chief | The head of an organization. The chief of police. |
| cornerstone | An important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based. A national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy. |
| elemental | Relating to severe atmospheric conditions- J.K.Howard. Gods and elementals looked out upon the worshippers. |
| elementary | Of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education. A series of elementary exercises. |
| elements | Violent or severe weather viewed as caused by the action of the four elements. They felt the full fury of the elements. |
| essence | An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent. Conflict is the essence of drama. |
| essential | Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary. The essential weakness of the plaintiff s case. |
| essentially | In essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature. The argument was essentially a technical one. |
| essentialness | Basic importance. |
| fundamental | A fundamental note tone or frequency. The protection of fundamental human rights. |
| fundamentally | In central or primary respects. Two fundamentally different concepts of democracy. |
| hypostasis | An underlying reality or substance, as opposed to attributes or to that which lacks substance. |
| indispensability | The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without. |
| leading | Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. The leading edge of technology. |
| main | The open ocean. The main doors were of solid glass. |
| originally | In a novel and inventive way. Potatoes originally came from South America. |
| prima | Used primarily as eating apples. Prima ballerina. |
| primarily | Of primary import. This is primarily a question of economics. |
| primary | A primary colour. The primary stage of their political education. |
| prime | Insert a primer into a gun mine or charge preparatory to detonation or firing. Prime number. |
| principal | An actor who plays a principal role. The principal rivers of America. |
| radically | In a radical manner. You must radically change the way you do business. |
| rudiment | A basic pattern used by drummers, such as the roll, the flam, and the paradiddle. Meckel s diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac. |
| rudimentary | Being in the earliest stages of development. He received a rudimentary education. |
| staple | A piece of thin wire with two short right angled end pieces which are driven by a stapler through sheets of paper to fasten them together. Wheat is a staple crop. |
| underlying | Located beneath or below. Guaranteeing more dollars may temporarily ease their troubles but will not alleviate the underlying causes of their poverty. |