"The team will analyze the water samples, testing each one for salt, sand, and bacteria before writing the report." As used here, analyze means to

"The judges named three criteria for the contest: originality, clarity, and effort." As used here, criteria means

"Mara lost points because she forgot to cite the article she quoted in her report." As used here, cite means to

"The page listed no author, no date, and no sources, so the class decided it was not credible." As used here, credible means

"For the claim that the bus stop is unsafe, bring evidence that is relevant." As used here, relevant means

"One week of counts is not sufficient to show a pattern that is supposed to last all year." As used here, sufficient means

"Readers have to interpret the poem's last line, because the poet never explains what the closed door stands for." As used here, interpret means to

"A careful reader can distinguish a fact from a judgment even when both sit in the same paragraph." As used here, distinguish means to

"The drop in absences was significant: it was six times larger than any monthly change in the past four years." As used here, significant means

"Saying 'around noon' is vague; saying '12:05 p.m.' is precise." As used here, precise means

"The storm hit on Tuesday, and the subsequent flooding kept the road closed until Saturday." As used here, subsequent means

"At Thursday's meeting the mayor will advocate for wider sidewalks near the school." As used here, advocate means to

"Before starting, Ravi wrote his hypothesis: beans grown in sunlight will grow taller than beans grown in shade." As used here, hypothesis means

"The study reports a correlation: towns with more parks also report more daily walking." As used here, correlation means

"Left out in the rain all winter, the wooden bench began to deteriorate, and by spring two slats had split." As used here, deteriorate means to

"The Kaw is a tributary of the Missouri, joining it at Kansas City." As used here, tributary means

"The plan could not take effect until nine of the thirteen states voted to ratify it." As used here, ratify means to

"After the new tariff, imported steel cost ten percent more, while steel made at home cost the same." As used here, tariff means

"When the flood slowed, the sediment the river had carried settled across the valley in a thin gray layer." As used here, sediment means

"In this mixture the salt is the solute and the water is the solvent that breaks it apart." As used here, solute means

"After the dry summer the field's yield fell to two tons, half of what the same acres gave the year before." As used here, yield means

"Nadia, the novel's protagonist, appears in every chapter, from her first day at the rink to the final race." As used here, protagonist means

"The poem's second stanza repeats the question the first stanza asked, then answers it in its last two lines." As used here, stanza means

"The story never says Lena is nervous, but she checks the clock nine times, so 'nervous' is an inference." As used here, inference means

"The only review of the ride was written by the park's own owner, so the class read it watching for bias." As used here, bias means

"In the last section the writer will synthesize the findings of four studies instead of reporting each one separately." As used here, synthesize means to

"The speaker repeated the word 'every' four times to emphasize that no student had been left off the list." As used here, emphasize means to

"Her results were consistent: the four trials came out at 2.1, 2.0, 2.1, and 2.0 seconds." As used here, consistent means

"Before it picks one, the panel will evaluate each design against the safety rules and the budget." As used here, evaluate means to

"Each artifact from the dig was numbered and boxed: a clay bowl, two glass beads, and a bone needle." As used here, artifact means

The note said to meet by the bank, and half the group waited at the river while half waited outside the savings bank. The wording was ___.

The gym rule is ___: shoes come off before anyone steps on the mat, with no exception for a quick errand.

In the plant test the only ___ was the hours of light each pot received; the soil, water, and pot size stayed the same.

Before answering the objection, the writer will ___ that the fee does rise by a dollar, then argue that the service is still worth it.

The second count ___ the first: one report lists nine buses at the depot and the other lists twelve on the same morning.

Read each total back against the original chart to ___ the numbers before the article is printed.

The assignment asks for a summary that is ___, so leave out whether you enjoyed the ending and report only what the chapter says.

The chart shows ___ rainfall, so the figure for June already includes every drop that fell in the five months before it.

The mayor never said the pool would close, but the budget she read out gave it no money for staff, and that ___ the closing.

The reviewers called the conclusion ___ because each reason the writer gave really does lead to it.