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  • 111primitive — Synonyms and related words: Bronze Age man, Gothic, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Neanderthal, Stone Age man, ab ovo, abecedarian, aboriginal, aborigine, ancestral, ancient, animal, antediluvian, antenatal, antepatriarchal, anthropoid, ape man,… …

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  • 112procreative — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, aboriginal, amorous, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, carnal, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, fecundative, fertilizing, fetal, fleshly,… …

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  • 113rudimentary — Synonyms and related words: Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, arrested, autochthonous, backward, basal, basic, basilar, beginning, budding, central, coarse, creative, crucial, crude, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish,… …

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  • 114first — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. earliest, original, prime; leading, chief, fundamental. adv. firstly, originally, at first; before, ahead; sooner, rather. See beginning, priority, precedence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Foremost in …

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  • 115grammar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mode of speaking and writing Nouns 1. grammar; accidence, syntax, analysis, synopsis, praxis, punctuation, syllabi[fi]cation; agreement. See speech, language, writing. 2. a. part of speech; participle;… …

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  • 116incipient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See beginning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. beginning, developing, embryonic, nascent; see budding , early 1 , inchoate . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. beginning, commencing, developing, newborn …

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  • 117initial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. first, beginning, introductory, primary. n. letter, monogram. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. beginning, opening, original, primary; see first 1 , fundamental 1 , introductory 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 118original — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. novel, unique; primary, initial; earliest, primal, aboriginal; creative, inventive. See beginning, imagination, unconformity, speciality.Ant., secondhand, plagiarized, later. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …

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  • 119introductory — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Preliminary] Syn. prefatory, initial, incipient, initiatory, opening, early, prior, starting, beginning, precursory, preparatory, primary, original, anterior, provisional, explanatory, background; see also first 1 . Ant …

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  • 120initiatory — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of, relating to, or occurring at the start of something: beginning, inceptive, incipient, initial, introductory, leadoff. See START …

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