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; ); It is great painting in miniature, genius in its quintessence,
a gem of perfect water. — Life of Charles Dickens;
pivotal = crucial = polar > polarize
• (pivotal)- of vital or critical importance, ( ; ); This
sudden turn of the political kaleidoscope was a pivotal point in the life of Ary
Scheffer. — Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters;
• (polarize)- to divide into sharply opposing factions, political groups, etc.,
( , ); And without
adopting a middle position you're only going to have the potential
to polarize things further;
cardinal = fundamental = central = chief = primary = primal = principle ~
primordial = primeval = rudimentary
• (cardinal)- of prime importance; chief; principal, ( ; ; ); The
king and the cardinal are the best of friends; their apparent bickerings are
only feints to deceive fools. — The Three Musketeers;
• (primal)- first; original; primeval, ( );
• of first importance; fundamental,( , , ); Certainly I can't
believe that any kind of matter, primal or ultimate, can be indivisible, which it
must according to his view. — The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning;
• (primordial)- constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or
developed; original; elementary, ( , , , );
These instincts are primordial, the life of the world depends upon them. —
The Price of Things;
• (primeval)- of or pertaining to the first age or ages, esp. of the world,
( , , ); Was it through a natural attraction for
the primeval granite that they landed on the New England coast? — The Life
and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne;
• (rudimentary)- pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary,
( , ); Another important series of facts, quite in accordance
with, and even necessary deductions from, the law now developed, are those
of rudimentary organs. — Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences;
• undeveloped or vestigial, ( , , );
primal {primordial = primeval = aboriginal {indigenous = endemic}}
• (primordial)- constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or
developed; original; elementary, ( , , , );
These instincts are primordial, the life of the world depends upon them. —
The Price of Things;
• (primeval)- of or pertaining to the first age or ages, esp. of the world,