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SAt vocab 23
English I Mrs. Hahn
| Term | Definition | Sentences |
|---|---|---|
| ephemeral | llasting a short time; fleeting | When Tara got home from school and couldn't find her parents, she had an ephemeral feeling of fear. |
| evanescent | vanishing quickly; fleeting | I had an evanescent dream that felt like it was going to last forever. |
| fleeting | short-lived | The time was fleeting by when my family and I went on vacation. |
| itinerant | wandering about; tending to move around, travel | The wild horses were very itinerant in their stall, so we turned them out. |
| nomadic | wandering | Carrie learned in history class that the Mongol Empire was very nomadic. |
| peripatetic | moving or walking about; itinerant | When I found my sister sleep walking she was in a peripatetic state. |
| transient | lasting for only a short time; temporary | Christmas break is always such a transient time, but I wish it would last longer. |
| transitory | fleeting | Summer is Lucy's favorite season, but seems to be the most transitory season of them all. |
| volatile | explosive or changing very quickly | Bob has a volatile personality around all his friends. |