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INDIGENOUS
(adjective)1. belonging to a place: originating in and naturally living, growing, or occurring in a region or country. 2. natural: natural or inborn ( formal ) naturally living in a place or country without having moved there–originating there.
Synonyms: native, local, natural, original, endemic
Antonyms: foreign, alien
Examples:
- The nursery only sold plants that were indigenous to South Africa.
- Most of the indigenous people of that country survived the drought.
- Lions, Elephants and zebras are indigenous to Africa.
- I’m looking forward to our trip to Costa Rica, where we will see many plants and animals indigenous to that country.

QUOTIDIAN (adjective)
1. commonplace and experienced under the most ordinary circumstances; 2. done on a daily basis
Synonyms: commonplace, everyday, ordinary, regular, routine, daily, customary, frequent
Antonyms: sporadic, rare, infrequent
Tips: Quotidian is derived from the Latin quotus, “number” and dies, “day.” Quotidian refers to ordinary things that occur often or daily.
Examples:
- Her book tells a lot about the quotidian life of people in Ethiopia.
- Mary took up sky diving in order to make her life a little less quotidian.
- That movie supposed to be about everyday life, but it is not that quotidian.
- It’s great to learn new words with the Just Vocabulary on the quotidian commute to work.
- Television has become part of our quotidian existence.