——Status of affairs——
Permanent: to be fixed or unchanging, the opposite of temporary.
He plans to stay there permanently.
He has decided to become a permanent resident of China.
The development of agriculture forced humans to settle down and build permanent communities.
Temporary: only last for a short time, the opposite of permanent.
We can only offer him a temporary position in the company.
This isn’t the kind of job he wants, but it’s okay as something temporary, until he can find something better.
Until we move into the new building we’ll use this office as our temporary base.
Definite: well defined, precise, certain, unchanging.
We can’t begin the project until you give us a more definite schedule.
We can’t give you a definite answer until we get more information.
We need you to be more definite about your plans for the next six months.
Obvious: easy to see, stands out.
Of the job candidates we interviewed, he was the obvious choice.
It’s obvious that he can’t afford to buy that house.
It was an obvious lie, but some people still believed it.
Trivial: of little or no importance, insignificant.
It’s a trivial detail, so there’s no need to worry about it.
Those problems are not trivial, so we need to find a solution.
He thinks it’s a trivial matter, but I think it’s going to cause big problems if we ignore it.
