essentials

noun

anything indispensable

adjective

defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc

of the greatest importance

basic and fundamental

absolutely necessary

Roots

esseess- · Latin · be

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