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SAT Vocab. 23
Mrs.Hahn RWS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ephemeral | lasting a short time,fleeting |
| ephemeral | His romances are usually ephemeral, she just skips from one girl to another. |
| evanescent | vanishing quickly,fleeting |
| evanescent | Rain in summer is usually evanescent |
| fleeting | short-lived |
| fleeting | The first sign of trouble was a fleeting pain in my stomach |
| itinerant | wandering about |
| itinerant | Elisa and Cara wandered around Europe for months, enjoying a carefree, itinerant life. |
| Nomadic | wandering |
| nomadic | Nomadic people lack permanent homes . |
| peripatetic | moving or walking about,itinerant |
| peripatetic | Should we continue our flowery conversation as peripatetics . |
| transient | lasting for only a short time |
| transient | I am an optimistic person, and it makes me appreciate life because of its highly transient. |
| transitory | fleeting |
| transitory | The joy of winning a game is a transitory feeling until the next game comes. |
| volatile | explosive or changing very quickly |
| volatile | My cousin was a volatile, extremely complicated person. |