canal vocab

2. the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
3. lasting for a long time or for longer than expected, desired, or usual.
6. extend the duration of.
8. hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
10. the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
14. support or strengthen; prop up.
15. of, at, or near the equator.
18. best or most favorable; optimum.
19. a ship or large boat.
20. a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

1. a preliminary version of a piece of writing.
4. the branch of mathematics that studies continuous change
5. a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.
7. a short confined section of a canal or other waterway in which the water level can be changed by the use of gates and sluices, used for raising and lowering vessels between two gates.
9. impair the quality of; spoil.
11. be filled with wonder or astonishment.
12. decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something.
13. a prolonged period of abnormally low precipitation that results in a water shortage
16. strike repeatedly.
17. be a sign or characteristic of.