Moving Along Flashcards

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Peripatetic

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travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.
“the peripatetic nature of military life”
Moving frequently, unsettled without a permanent home

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Peregrinations

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a journey, especially a long or meandering one.
“she kept Aunt Ilsa company on her peregrinations”

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3
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To gad

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Flit from social events to social events or hot spot to hot spot

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4
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Celerity

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Quickness, speed

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5
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Motile

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Able to move spontaneously or on its own

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Diaspora

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the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
“the diaspora of boat people from Asia”
people who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland.
“the Latin American diaspora has spread across the United States”
the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel.
“a secular interpretation of Jewish history in antiquity and during the Diaspora”

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7
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Galavant

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To run around playfully from place to place with intention of having a good time

To hop bop or flop about happily from one place to another usually with special friends or companion

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8
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Hegira

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A journey or pilgrimage to a place

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