ess

Usage

• quintessential

  Something is quintessential when it is a perfect example of its type.

• prowess

  If you have prowess, you possess considerable skill or ability in something.

• essential

  Something essential is necessary or very important.

• essence

  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• nonessential

  not of prime or central importance

• quintessence

  the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water