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Vocabulary 23

Ms.Hahn RWS

TermDefinition
ephemeral adjective lasting a short time; fleeting
evanescent adjective vanishing quickly fleeting
fleeting adjective short-lived
itinerant adjective wandering about; tending to move around, travel
nomadic adjective wandering
peripatetic adjective moving or walking about; itinerant
transient adjective lasting for only a short time; temporary
transitory adjective fleeting
volatile adjective explosive or changing very quickly
ephemeral The short ephemeral time at my cousin's house was fun while it lasted.
evanescent The rocket left the ground and went out of the Earth in evanescence.
fleeting Jim had a short fleeting life when he died in World I.
itinerant Sam is very itinerant because every time when I go to visit him, he is never at the house.
nomadic In World History, we learned that the Mongols were a nomadic people, who always traveled and pillaged for for food.
peripatetic When I get bored in the house I get peripatetic trying to find something to do.
transient We had only a transient amount of time for basketball before John broke his leg and we had to take him to the hospital.
transitory I hate abortions because of the transitory life the baby is given.
volatile When I used to get in trouble, my parents got the belt in a volatile swing I most certainly learned that I did not want that to happen again.
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