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perennial

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

lasting or recurring through many years; enduring

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Perennial in a sentence

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Traffic congestion remains a perennial complaint among commuters.

Synonyms
perpetualenduringrecurrentcontinual

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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence

The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.

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Perennial (adjective) means lasting or recurring through many years; enduring
Here is perennial used in an example sentence: "Traffic congestion remains a perennial complaint among commuters."
Common synonyms for perennial include perpetual, enduring, recurrent, continual.
Antonyms of perennial include fleeting, transient, ephemeral.
Perennial is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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