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Description
Flashcards by Natalie Fitterman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natalie Fitterman
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Hiatus | A gap or break in continuity |
| Deficit | a shortfall or deficiency After studying all night for the test, I suffered from a deficit of sleep |
| Prestigious | Have a great reputation; highly respected His story won a prestigious award from a well-known literary journal |
| Contemptuous | Scornful or disrepectful |
| Laudable | Worthy of high praise Improving your math grade next semester is a laudable goal |
| Cite | To quote from some source such as a book, Internet article, or speech |
| Controversy | A debate or quarrel over opposing opinions |
| Convince | To overcome any doubts with argument Did the writer convince you to accept her point of view? |
| Objective | Something worked toward or striven (made great effort to obtain) for |
| Statistic | A numerical fact or quantity |
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