Lesson 3 Vocab Flashcards
(10 cards)
Eon
The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras.
An indefinitely long period of time; an age.
Concomitant
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.
Extant
Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.
Hiatus
A gap or interruption in space or time; a break.
Inure
To accustom to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection or exposure.
Irrevocable
Impossible to retract; irreversible.
Millennium
A span of one thousand years.
A hoped-for period of joy, serenity, and prosperity.
Perpetuity
Time without end; eternity.
Pristine.
Unspoiled, untouched by civilization; remaining in a our state.
Free from dirt or decay; clean.
Typical of the earliest time or condition; original; primitive.
Transience
A short life or existence; an impermanence.
A state of moving from place to place.
