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SAT Voc 23

Mrs. Hahn RWS

TermDefinition
ephemeral (adj.) lasting a very short time
evanescent (adj.) tending to vanish like vapor
Fleeting (adj.) passing swiftly
itinerant (adj.) traveling from place to place; especially : covering a circuit
nomadic (adj.) roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or without a fixed pattern of movement
peripatetic (adj) movement or journeys hither and thither
Transient (adj) passing especially quickly into and out of existence
transitory (adj) tending to pass away; not persistent of brief duration
Volatile (adj) difficult to capture or hold permanently, quick to vanish, change
Ephemeral Horrible relationships are bound to be ephemeral.
Evanescent Frightened animals are evanescent around human beings that you never notice they were there in the first place.
Fleeting When you have a exciting year it seems as if its fleeting by so soon.
Itinerant Jenny's dad is itinerant jumping from job to job not staying at a single job.
Nomadic The first humans on earth were know to be nomadic.
Peripatetic Peripatetic people in search for jobs move from state to state in search for a good job.
Transient It would be a big discovery if an extinct animal turned transient and came back in to existence.
Transitory Unhappiness is thought o be transitory only if you don't give in to that phase.
Volatile absolute power is shown to be volatile in history since no one has been able to keep all the power
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