reply - answer, rejoinder, reaction, response⏎
moribund - ineffective, inactive, dying, likely to fail⏎
partial - incomplete, fractional, in part⏎
prefer - choose, like better⏎
phase - stage, aspect, step, section⏎
progress - develop, go forward, improve, improvement⏎
positive - goods, useful, affirmative, believing⏎
procedure - policy, usual or correct way of doing things⏎
require - need, necessitate, fall short⏎