Short-Lived Words

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A group of words that share the quality of defining something as vanishing quickly.
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  1. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  2. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  3. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  4. fugacious
    lasting a very short time
  5. temporary
    not permanent; not lasting
  6. transient
    lasting a very short time
  7. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  8. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  9. brief
    of short duration or distance
  10. episodic
    limited in duration to a single event
Created on Thu Feb 16 18:50:55 EST 2012 (updated Thu Feb 16 18:51:59 EST 2012)

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