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Evanescent

Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

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Impermanent 84% connected

Not permanent.

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Impermanent 84% connected

Not permanent.

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Temporary 84% connected

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

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Temporary 84% connected

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

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Evanescence 74% connected

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.

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Evanescence 74% connected

The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.

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Fade 74% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Fade 74% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Anticipation noun · 78% connection

Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heav…

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Blessedness noun · 78% connection

The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.

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Boil verb · 78% connection

To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

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Die verb · 78% connection

To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.

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Disappear verb · 78% connection

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappe…

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Disappearance noun · 78% connection

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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Dispel verb · 78% connection

To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, d…

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Dissipate verb · 78% connection

To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates befor…

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Dissolving adjective · 78% connection

Melting; breaking up; vanishing.

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Earthly adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as,…

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Evanesce verb · 78% connection

To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.

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Evanid adjective · 78% connection

Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color.

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Evanishment noun · 78% connection

A vanishing; disappearance.

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Evaporate verb · 78% connection

To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

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Exhale verb · 78% connection

To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.

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Expire verb · 78% connection

To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; p…

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Fleeting adjective · 78% connection

Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

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Fleetingly adverb · 78% connection

In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

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