M6W3 Vocabulary - The Grand Canyon

something sparkles or shines

• glistens

• shatter

• sentries

exploding or suddenly breaking into pieces

• glistens

• shatter

• sentries

guards or lookouts who stand in a place to keep watch

• glistens

• shatter

• sentries

slowly wearing away, often from wind or water

• eroding

• embedded

• sentries

a deep crack or opening in the ground

• eroding

• chasm

• sentries

when something is firmly set into something else that surrounds it

• eroding

• embedded

• chasm

The water in the bay ---------- in the sunlight.

• glistens

• shatter

• sentries

Throwing a baseball at the house might --------- a window.

• glistens

• shatter

• sentries

At the castle, the --------- stood guard in their uniforms.

• glistens

• shatter

• sentries

The Grand Canyon was formed by -------- from water over many, many years.

• eroding

• embedded

• sentries