synonyms

spurious

• not genuine, not true, not

  valid

• to wipe out; to keep oneself

  from being noticed

• uncontrolled, lacking in

  restraint

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

opinionated

• stubborn and often

  unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas,

  having a closed mind

• a difficult or perplexing

  situation or problem

  synonyms:

• an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a

  violation or infraction; (v.) to create an

  opening, break through

• clumsy, hard to handle;

  slow-moving

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

efface

• to wipe out; to keep oneself

  from being noticed

• careful, cautious

  synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded

  antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless,

  heedless

• (v.) to incline to beforehand

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

relinquish

• to let go, give up

• clumsy, hard to handle;

  slow-moving

• a difficult or perplexing

  situation or problem

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

cumbersome

• a bandit, robber, outlaw,

  highwayman

• clumsy, hard to handle;

  slow-moving

  synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous

  antonyms: manageable, easy to handle

• a standstill resulting from the

  opposition of two equal forces or fractions;

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

perennial

• scattered fragments, wreckage

  synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam and

  jetsam

• to spread or scatter freely or

  widely;

• lasting for a long time,

  persistent;

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

commandeer

• sudden and violent but

  brief; fitful; intermittent

• to seize for military or

  official use

• to incline to beforehand

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

spasmodic

• loose in one's morals or

  behavior

• (adj.) sudden and violent but

  brief; fitful; interim

• (adj.) stubborn and often

  unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas,

  having a closed mind

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

circumspect

• careful, cautious

• to wipe out; to keep oneself

  from being noticed

• sudden and violent but

  brief; fitful; intermittent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

breach

• to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a

  duty

• a bandit, robber, outlaw,

  highwayman

• an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a

  violation or infraction; (v.) to create an

  opening, break through

• careful, cautious

  synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded

  antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless,

  heedless

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C