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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

• banal

• belabor

• carping

• germane

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

refusing to compromise; irreconcilable

• intransigent

• insatiable

• congeal

• belabor

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

• carping

• eschew

• acquisitive

• germane

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

habitually silent or quiet

• eschew

• germane

• taciturn

• intransigent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

• emulate

• banal

• belabor

• eschew

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

capable of being held or defended.

• emulate

• substantiate

• largesse

• tenable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to claim without taking rights

• arrogate

• banal

• belabor

• temporize

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

to change from liquid to solid; thicken, make inflexbile

• encomium

• congeal

• germane

• intransigent

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

hackneyed; common place; trite

• arrogate

• banal

• coherent

• germane

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

tending to find fault in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

• arrogate

• carping

• germane

• taciturn

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6