Definitions
Adjective
Traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty or work, transient.
itinerant
intransitive verb
1. To occur between events or periods
2. To come between, thereby easing a situation
3. To interfere or interrupt
intervene
Jonny Appleseed led an initerant life wandering the Ohio valley to give out apple seeds and saplings.
initerant
One year intervened between the launching of the Soviet satellite Sputnik (1957) and the American satellite explorer (1958).
Marry Poppins intervenes in the lives of the Banks children to make medicine palatable and adventures frequent.
In treasure island Long John silver intervenes just as the young hero Jim devises ways to outwit him.
intervene
Noun
1. A route of travel
2. A plan or record of a journey
itinerary
Noun
Communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means
telepathy
As interpreter and guide for the lewis and Clark expedition, Sacajawea, followed an itinerary that took her a long the missouri river, across the rocky mountains, to the Pacific ocean.
The team planning to climb Annapurna drew up a detailed itinerary of their route, base camps, and supply depots.
itinerary
Although a continent apart, the twins insisted that they could communicate through telepathy.
telepathy
Noun
1. Arrival or coming into being
2. The period beginning four weeks before Christmas, the birth of Christ
intransitive verb
To turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject
deviate
The change in foliage from green to red and yellow announces the advent of autumn
During advent christians prepare to celebrate the birth of christ
advent
We try to get our English teacher to deviate from the lesson by asking about new books or movies.
deviate
Adjective
1. winding, roundabout
2. underhanded, deceptive
devious
Finding herself alone in a strange place, viola in twelfth night circumvents discovery, of her identity by disguising herself as a boy.
Freeways that circumvent cities ease traffic congestion downtown.
circumvent
In walkabout an aboriginal leads home by a devious route two children lost in the Australian outback.
The two detectives, miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, are quick to identify devious characters in Agatha Christie's mysteries
devious
Transitive and intransitive verb
To assemble, especially for a meeting
convene
adjective
1. Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc
2. Incapable of being influenced or affected
impervious
The first continental Congress, which convened in 1774 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania began drafting the declaration of independence.
convene
The new raincoats are impervious to water.
Florence nightingale was impervious to her family's objections that a career in nursing was unladylike.
impervious