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evanescent

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

quickly fading or vanishing; short-lived

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Evanescent in a sentence

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The evanescent glow of the fireflies vanished before he could photograph it.

Antonyms
permanentlastingenduring

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Evanescent (adjective) means quickly fading or vanishing; short-lived
Here is evanescent used in an example sentence: "The evanescent glow of the fireflies vanished before he could photograph it."
Common synonyms for evanescent include fleeting, transient, ephemeral.
Antonyms of evanescent include permanent, lasting, enduring.
Evanescent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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