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Definition of hiatus (noun)
interval; break; period of rest; separation; interruption; opening

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Summer vacation provided a much-needed hiatus for the students.
Between graduation and the first day of his new job, Tim took a three-month hiatus in the Caribbean.

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Definition of resentment (noun)
feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse

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Being able to say these difficult, and intensely private things to her mother before the funeral was the trigger she wanted to be able to grieve genuinely and begin to feel the loss of her mother, rather than nurse the resentment she had had for so many years.

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Definition of reprisal (noun)
injury inflicted in turn for one received; retaliation; revenge

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Informed sources in the Caribbean thought it likely that the political maneouvrings behind all this were by way of a reprisal for a report by Lord Avebury criticizing Forbes Burnham's ruling party for election-rigging.

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Definition of hypothesis (noun)
assumption made for the sake of argument; supposition

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This bold hypothesis would still be accepted by many anthropologists and historians, and even those who have tried to refute it are still working within its framework.

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Definition of buffoon (noun)
clown; joker; fool; ludicrous figure

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He regarded the chaplain as a buffoon though a dedicated buffoon.
Hitchcock sets an innocent woman against Charles Laughton's squire, a criminal buffoon, and a gang of smugglers, but there is never any real conflict, and the ending is almost comic.

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Definition of novice (noun)
inexperienced person; beginner

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The book is divided into seven chapters/days, which guide you on from novice to competent windsurfer, with the help of written explanations and step by step photos and diagrams.

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Definition of gossamer (noun)
very thin gauzelike fabric or structure; cobweb

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Saliva glistened on her chin like brown gossamer.

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Definition of cosmopolitan (noun)
person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world

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Ultimately, many cosmopolitans had to accommodate what seems like a psychological imperative: that we have duties first and foremost to our intimates, for what use is a moral system that is wholly out of touch with the people it purports to guide?

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Definition of caricature (noun)
drawing that exaggerates certain physical characteristics

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This picture is, however, a caricature of Roman Catholic teaching on the subject, although unfortunately not always a caricature of Catholic practice.

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Definition of vicissitude (noun)
change from one condition to another, often unexpected

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There's a 'truth' of pop music to be found in the wet seats at Beatles or Stones concerts - as much as in the pantheon of Lennon's songwriting, or the vicissitudes of the counter culture.

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