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Which word could fill in the blank so that

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the sentence below makes sense?

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Children in military families often live blank lives, moving from post to post.

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Here are the potential answers.

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All right, this time we're looking for a word that means something similar to "moving

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from post to post."

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So whatever this word is, it's really hard to pin down...

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(A) is a definite no, because "native" means that someone is from a specific place.

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(B) doesn't fit either. "Settled" is the opposite of what we're looking for.

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(D) is off the list for the same reason. Someone who's "steady" wouldn't exactly move

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around a lot.

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(C) isn't what we're looking for. Some might think it's "boring" to move around a lot...

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...but it'd be a strange fit for this sentence. "Nomadic" means to move frequently without

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settling down permanently in one place. (E) is the correct answer.

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