Flint Water Crisis Vocabulary

Surreal means...

• lasting a very short time

• of or relating to dictionaries

• all of the same or similar kind of nature

• characterized by fantastic imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Infrastructure means

• the basic features of a system or organization

• inequality or difference in some respect

• the courage to carry on

• superior development of one side of the body

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Dominating means

• delightful

• dreary

• desperate

• dictatorial

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Corrode means

• good

• overload

• erode

• explode

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Assure means

• affirm

• dampen

• betray

• recline

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Which of the following is most likely to contaminate a body of water?

• a body-surfer

• a mollusk

• a tanker spilling oil

• a seagull

Leach means to

• cause a liquid to slowly seep or be drawn out

• impose, involve, or imply as a necessary result

• make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

• put a strap to restrain or guide on an animal

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Potable means

• fraught with danger

• suitable for drinking

• suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder

• hot or warm and humid

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E