Hot SAT Words

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Hot SAT Words

• Lessons
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LESSON 23

• Here Today, gone Tomorrow!

Words Relating to Being Short Lived in Time or
Place
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EPHEMERAL

• Adj. Fleeting lasting
• a short time

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EPHEMERAL

• Dave has followed baseball steadily since he was
  nine, but his interest in other sports has been
  EPHEMERAL.
• To a child, time goes by slowly to an old man,
  its EPHEMERAL.

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EVANESCENT

• Adj. vanishing quickly fleeting

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EVANESCENT

• Snowfall in the spring is usually EVANESCENT it
  melts quickly.
• Old timers tend to lament the EVANESCENCE of
  youth.

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FLEETING

• Adj.
• short lived

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SUNSET is FLEETING!
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FLEETING

• Willie and Wanda had a FLEETING romance. Their
  fling couldnt have lasted more than 24 hours.
• Time is FLEETING when you are enjoying yourself,
  while pain seems to last forever.

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ITINERANT

• Adj. wandering about tending to move around,
  travel

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ITINERANT

• Susan and Ellie wandered around Europe for
  months, enjoying a carefree, ITEINERANT life.
• Peters ITINERARY for two weeks included stops in
  ten cities and five countries.

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NOMADIC

• Adj.
• wandering

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NOMADIC

• NOMADIC tribes wandered endlessly about the
  Arabian peninsula.
• Oren, like a NOMAD, cannot settle down in one
  place. He has to keep moving.

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PERIPATETIC

• Adj. Moving or walking about itinerant

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PERIPATETIC

• Mrs. Shivers paces PERIPATETICALLY around the
  room during lecture and discussion.
• Lila was exhausted after a PERIPATETIC shopping
  trip to the city. She walked from store to store
  to store all day long!

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TRANSIENT

• Adj. lasting for only a short time temporary

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TRANSIENT

• The motel serves a TRANSIENT clientele. Few
  visitors stay for more than a night.
• The large number of houses for sale suggests that
  the population here is TRANSIENT.

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TRANSITORY

• Adj. fleeting

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TRANSITORY

• The morning fog is TRANSITORY. It burns off
  quickly.
• The joy of winning a game is a TRANSITORY
  feeling. It lasts only until the next game.

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VOLATILE

• Adj. explosive or changing very quickly

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VOLATILE

• Lou has a VOLATILE temper. He can turn angry in
  an instant.
• Careful where you store that can. It contains
  VOLATILE fuel that blows up when heated.