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rupture (noun)

    A burst, split, or break.
    A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.

interstice (noun)

    A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or components of a multiconductor electrical cable or between atoms in a crystal.
    An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.
    By extension, a small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal.

inclusion (noun)

    An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
        e.g.: The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.
    The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
        e.g.: The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.

annex (noun)

    An addition, an extension.
    An appendix.
    An addition or extension to a building.
    An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.

appendix (noun)

    Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text

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paternal (adjective)

    Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family; as, "paternal grandfather" (one's father's father).
    Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
    Received or inherited from one's father.
    Acting as a father; as in "paternal filicide" (murder of a son committed by his father).

filicide (noun)

    A person who kills his or her own child.  
    The killing of one's own child.

relinquish (verb)

    To give up, abandon or retire from something.
    To let go (free, away), physically release.
    To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
    To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
        e.g.: The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction

rudimentary(adjective)

    of or relating to one or more rudiments
        e.g.: I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.
    Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
        e.g.: His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.

rudiment (noun)

    A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).
        e.g.: We learn the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
    Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural).
        e.g.: I have the rudiments of an escape plan.

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suffocate (verb)

    To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
        e.g.: Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!
    To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
        e.g.: He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.

trite (adjective)

    Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).

hackneyed (adjective)

    Repeated too often.
        e.g.: The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

vicarious (adjective)

    Experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another, such as through watching or reading.
        e.g.: People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television.
    Done on behalf of others
        e.g.: The concept of vicarious atonement, that one person can atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions.

anticlimax (noun)

    A break in the final crescendo or climax of a narrative, producing a disappointing end.

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ambiguity (noun)

    Something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
        e.g.: His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.
    The state of being ambiguous.

carbonated (adjective)

    Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.
        e.g.: Soda pop, lemon soda and soda water are carbonated drinks. Champagne and beer are naturally carbonated through fermentation.

rescind (verb)

    To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
        e.g.: The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.

annul (verb)

    To formally revoke the validity of.
    To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

marital (adjective)

    Pertaining to marriage.

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revoke (verb)

    To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing
        e.g.: Your driver's license will be revoked.
    To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.

assert (verb)

    To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
        e.g.: he would often assert his beliefs to us
    To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
        e.g.: to assert one's authority

vindicate (verb)

    To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
        e.g.: to vindicate someone's honor
    To justify by providing evidence.

        to vindicate a right, claim or title

barren (adjective)

    Unable to bear children; sterile
        e.g.: I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
    Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation
    Bleak
    Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
    Mentally dull; stupid.

sterile (adjective)

    Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
    Unprofitable.
    Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
        e.g.: a sterile kitchen table