GRE vocabulary
Interstices
intervening spaces, especially between things that are closely set.
Example
"Light filtered through the interstices of the old wooden fence."
Etymology
From Latin 'interstitium' (a space between), from 'inter-' (between) + 'sistere' (to stand).
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