Matching Pairs NYT Article vocabularyOnline version Learning to Live with the Virus by Ann Kill 1 to refrain from something 2 restrictions 3 abundant 4 mandatory 5 to come to terms with something 6 to be devoid of something 7 a precaution 8 social distancing 9 to impose (e.g. rules, restrictions) 10 a preview 11 a lockdown 12 to embrace something (e.g. changes) 13 an outbreak 14 to persist something done to protect people or things against possible harm or trouble an occasion or time when access to a place is restricted because of some danger to be completely without something to accept something unpleasant by learning to deal with it existing in large quantities; more than enough to stop yourself from doing something rules, actions, or situations that limit or control someone or something to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it taking steps such as encouraging working from home, closing schools, and cancelling large events in order to slow the spread of a disease the sudden start of a disease or a war to continue to exist required by law, obligatory to accept something something that gives an idea of what a future event will be like