Love, Day after Tomorrow

vacancy
1. A vacancy is a job or position which has not been filled.
* Most vacancies are at senior level, requiring appropriate qualifications.
2. If there are vacancies at a building such as a hotel, some of the rooms are available to rent.

terrain
Terrain is used to refer to an area of land or a type of land when you are considering its physical features.
* The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.

retreat
1. If you retreat, you move away from something or someone.
* `I've already got a job,' I said quickly, and retreated from the room.
2. When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.
* The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat.
3. If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme.
* I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life.