Word Group : Gaps / Openings
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Sr. No
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Word
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Meaning
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Sentence
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1
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Abatement
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1.
The action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding
2.
The reduction or removal of nuisance
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1.
This trend shows no sign of abatement
2.
It was resolved to serve an abatement notice
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2
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Aperture
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1. An opening, hole or gap
2. A space through which light passes
in an optical or photographic instrument, especially the variable opening by
which light enters a camera
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1. The bell ropes passed through
apertures in the ceiling
2. A refracting telescope with an aperture of 3
inches
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3
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Fissure
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1.
A long, narrow opening or line of breakages made by cracking or splitting,
especially in rock or earth
2.
A state of incompatibility or disagreement
3.
Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
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1.
The bacteria survive around the vents or fissures in the deep ocean
floor
2.
A fissure between philosophy and reality
3.
Low cliffs of fissured Silurian rock
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4
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Hiatus
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1. A pause or break in continuity in
a sequence or activity
2. A break between two vowels coming
together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate
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1. There was a brief hiatus in the
war with France
2. The diaphragmatic hiatus was
larger than necessary
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5
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Interregnum
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A period when normal government is suspended,
especially between successive reigns or regimes
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The democratic regime proved to be a
short-lived interregnum between dictatorships
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6
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Interstice
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An
intervening space, especially a very small one
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Sunshine
filtered through the interstices of the arching trees
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7
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Lull
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1.
Calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements
2.
A temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity
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1.
The rhythm of the boat lulled her to sleep
2.
For two days there had been a lull in the fighting
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8
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Orifice
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An opening,
particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus
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The mouth
is a bodily orifice
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9
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Rent
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1.
A tenant’s regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or
land
2.
Pay someone for the use of something
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1.
I can not afford to pay the rent on this flat
2.
They rented a house together in Sussex
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10
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Respite
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1. A short period of rest or relief
from something difficult or unpleasant
2. Postpone (a sentence, obligation,
etc.)
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1. The refugee encampment will
provide some respite from the suffering
2. The execution was only respited a
few months
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11
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rift
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1.
A crack, split, or break in something
2.
A serious break in friendly relations
3.
Form fissures or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting; move
apart
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1.
The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds
2.
The rift between the two branches of the legal profession
3.
A fragment of continental crust which rifted away from eastern
Australia
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