SAT vocabulary
Ethereal
Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world; heavenly or spiritual.
Example
"The ballerina moved with an ethereal grace, as if floating across the stage."
Etymology
From Latin aetherius 'of the upper air', from Greek aithēr 'upper air'.
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