lapse
/læps/noun
Middle School
1
A temporary failure; a slip.
2
A decline or fall in standards.
3
A pause in continuity.
4
An interval of time between events.
5
A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6
A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7
A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8
A fall or apostasy.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing