Lesson 3 Vocab

Question 0

Eon

Answer 0

The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras.
An indefinitely long period of time; an age.

Question 1

Concomitant

Answer 1

Occurring of existing at the same time; accompanying; following as a result.
Something or someone that occurs or exists at the same time as another thing.

Question 2

Extant

Answer 2

Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.

Question 3

Hiatus

Answer 3

A gap or interruption in space or time; a break.

Question 4

Inure

Answer 4

To accustom to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection or exposure.

Question 5

Irrevocable

Answer 5

Impossible to retract; irreversible.

Question 6

Millennium

Answer 6

A span of one thousand years.

A hoped-for period of joy, serenity, and prosperity.

Question 7

Perpetuity

Answer 7

Time without end; eternity.

Question 8

Pristine.

Answer 8

Unspoiled, untouched by civilization; remaining in a our state.
Free from dirt or decay; clean.
Typical of the earliest time or condition; original; primitive.

Question 9

Transience

Answer 9

A short life or existence; an impermanence.

A state of moving from place to place.