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Linguistics 114-120
Question | Answer |
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in or to a foreign land or lands | abroad |
travel back and forth daily, as from a home in the suburbs to a job in the city | commute |
person who commutes | commuter |
inhabitant; dweller; resident; occupant | denizen |
house; home; dwelling; residence; abode | domicile |
person confined in an institution, prison, hospital, etc | inmate |
1) move from one place to settle in another 2) move from one place to another with the change of season | migrate |
person born in a particular place | native (n) |
born or originating in a particular place | native (adj) |
member of a tribe that has no fixed abode but wanders from place to place; wanderer | nomad |
roaming from place to place; wandering, roving | nomadic |
temporary stay | sojourn |
refusal to obey authority; disposition to resist; state of opposition | defiance |
breaking of a law, regulation; violation; breach | infraction |
not submitting to authority; disobedient; mutinous; rebellious | insubordinate |
person who rises in revolt; rebel | insurgent |
uprising against established authority; rebellion; revolt | insurrection |
discontented person; rebel | malcontent |
obstinate (in opposing what is right or reasonable); willful; wayward | perverse |
speech, writing, or action seeking to overthrow the government; treason | sedition |
go beyond set limits of; violate, break, or overstep a command or law | transgress |
encroach on another's rights, privileges, property, etc. | trespass |
accept by keeping silent; submit quietly; comply | acquiesce |
loyalty; devotion; faithfulness; fidelity | allegiance |
yield to another out of respect, authority, or courtesy; submit politely | defer |
train in obedience; bring under control | discipline |
easily taught; obedient; tractable; submissive | docile |
submissive; yielding without resentment when ordered about or hurt by others; acquiescent | meek |
easily bent or influenced; yielding; adaptable | pliable |
yield to another's will, authority, or power, yield; surrender | submit |
easily controlled, led or taught, docile | tractable |
1) marked by long duration or frequent recurrence 2) having a characteristic, habit, disease, etc., for a long time; confirmed, habitual | chronic |
occurring at the same time; simultaneous; contemporary | concurrent |
waste time; loiter; idle | dawdle |
about to happen; threatening to occur soon; near at hand | imminent |
beginning to show itself; commencing; in an early stage; initial | incipient |
coming and going at intervals; stopping and beginning again; recurrent; periodic | intermittent |
1) lasting indefinitely; incessant; enduring; permanent; constant; perpetual; everlasting. 2) (of plants) continuing to live from year to year | perennial |
put off until later things that should be done now; defer; postpone | procrastinate |
draw out; lengthen in time; prolong; continue; extend | protract |
occurring occasionally or in scattered instances;isolated; infrequent | sporadic |
required by authority; obligatory | compulsory |
involve as a necessary consequence; impose; require | entail |
most necessary or significant part, aspect or feature; fundamental nature or core | essence |
uncalled for; unwarranted | gratuitous |
not to be avoided; urgent; necessary; obligatory; compulsory | imperative |
(with on or upon) imposed as a duty; obligatory | incumbent |
absolutely necessary; essential | indispensable |
make necessary; require; demand | necessitate |
compel; force; put under a duty or obligation | oblige |
make unnecessary; preclude | obviate |
something required beforehand | prerequisite |
requiring immediate attention; urgent | pressing |
more than what is enough or necessary; surplus; excessive; unnecessary | superfluous |