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SAT Voc #23
English l Mrs.Hahn
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ephemeral | lasting a short time; fleeting |
| Evanescent | vanishing quickly; fleeting |
| Fleeting | short-lived |
| Itinerant | wandering about; tending to move around, travel |
| Nomadic | wandering |
| Peripatetic | moving or walking about; itinerant |
| Transient | lasting for only a short time; temporary |
| Transitory | fleeting |
| Volatile | explosive or changing very quickly |
| Ephemeral | Because of her ephemeral memory she forgets things all the time! |
| Evanescent | Rainbows are evanescent because they do not stay around for long periods of time. |
| Fleeting | During the winter months, we are happy to get a fleeting day of warm temperatures. |
| Itinerant | Because Stan is an itinerant farm worker who follows the crops, he will not be in our neighborhood much longer. |
| Nomadic | The nomadic tribe moved their camp many times a year. |
| Peripatetic | I haven’t been able to train my dog to stop his peripatetic behavior of running away in search of adventure. |
| Transient | There were transient disputes with the United States. |
| Volatile | The couple’s volatile marriage ended with one of their murders. |