he was proud __________ his team for winning the championship after months of hard work.

the news of his death triggered more violence.

doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news.

he lost his job and in the ensuing months became more and more depresseD.

their house is always spic and span because the housekeeper always cleans it.

..................................... related to parts of human body, clothing or instruments people use. However, the meaning of the converted words may vary from the meaning of the non-converted words. For example, a skirt denotes a woman’s garment that hangs from the waist

Historical or diachronic lexicology deals with ……………………………. of the vocabulary and the changes it has undergone. Ex. In descriptive lexicology the words "to take", "to adopt" are considered to be English, not different from such native words as "child", "foot", "stone" etc. But in historical lexicology they are treated as borrowed words.

Lexicology is .................................................... derivational affixes, the other group being the domain of grammarians. The derivational affixes in fact, as well as the whole problem of word-formation, form a boundary area between lexicology and grammar and are therefore studied in both

The .......................................is the meaning proper to the given linguistic unit in all its forms and distributions.

The modern approach to ................ the assumption that the inner form of the word presents a structure which is called the semantic structure of the word.

he has impressed his employers considerably and he is soon to be promoted.