Key and Requisite

Key

Key adjective - Of the greatest possible importance.

Usage example: first—and this is key—I wasn't even there that evening

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Requisite and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Requisite" instead the word "Key" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Requisite adjective - Impossible to do without.

Usage example: this new CD is the requisite album of the year for classical music lovers

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Key and requisite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead an adjective "Requisite".

Nearby Word: requisition

actual key

actual requisite

When Britons give it a go they're often closer to the mark, but their two most frequent mistakes are the overuse of South African/Boer (which isn't a good 'in' to the accent, due to key differences in pronunciation) and pronouncing their vowels without the requisite nasally-ness.

Source: Useful Notes / Australian Accent
The replacement of the population of the Soviet Union with ethnic Germans, and acquisition of the region's raw resources was a key goal of Nazi short-medium term planning, but was also key to gaining the requisite superiority over the USA in the medium-term (the 1960s-80s or so).

Source: Invaded States of America

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