Basic
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. basic training.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: necessary, essential for life or some process. elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. Of or pertaining to a base; antonym of acidic
Example sentence: Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Grassroots
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of, or relating to people or society at the local level; of the grass roots
Example sentence: The basic job of any campaign is to translate grassroots energy into turnout.