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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

English 10 Vocabulary from Persuasive Writing

	Created by Natalie Fitterman about 12 years ago