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peripatetic

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

traveling from place to place rather than staying in one location

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In a sentence

Peripatetic in a sentence

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Her peripatetic childhood meant attending nine schools in twelve years.

Synonyms
itinerantnomadicrovingwandering
Antonyms
settledstationarysedentary

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Questions about “peripatetic”

Peripatetic (adjective) means traveling from place to place rather than staying in one location
Here is peripatetic used in an example sentence: "Her peripatetic childhood meant attending nine schools in twelve years."
Common synonyms for peripatetic include itinerant, nomadic, roving, wandering.
Antonyms of peripatetic include settled, stationary, sedentary.
Peripatetic is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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