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| Main Entry: | quintessence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, core |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, bottom, distillation, epitome, extract, gist, heart, kernel, last word, marrow, pith, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, ultimate, essentiality, lifeblood, quiddity, virtuality |
| Antonyms: | extra |
| Main Entry: | whole blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unmodified blood |
| Synonyms: | blood, arterial blood, lifeblood, venous blood |
| Main Entry: | essence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart, significance |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and end-all*, being, bottom, bottom line*, burden, caliber, character, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, fiber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, marrow, meaning, meat*, nature, nitty-gritty*, nub, nucleus, pith, point, principle, property, quality, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, chief constituent, essentia, essentiality, lifeblood, main idea, name of game, quiddity, virtuality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, spirit |
| Synonyms: | élan*, activity, being, breath, dash, energy, enthusiasm, entity, esprit, essence, excitement, go*, growth, heart, impulse, liveliness, oomph*, soul, sparkle, verve, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zest*, zing*, brio, get-up-and-go, high spirits, lifeblood, sentience, viability, élan vital |
| Antonyms: | inanimacy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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