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11 Cards in this Set
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Abatement |
(often in legal use) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something |
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Aperture |
an opening, hole, or gap |
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Fissure |
a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. |
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Hiatus |
a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process |
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Interregnum |
a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes |
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Interstice |
an intervening space, especially a very small one |
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Lull |
(noun)a temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity (verb)calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements |
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Orifice |
an opening, as of a pipe or tube, or one in the body, such as a nostril or the anus |
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Rent |
a large tear in a piece of fabric a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land |
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Respite |
postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.) |
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Rift |
a crack, split, or break in something a serious break in friendly relations |
