English

Libby

5 February, 08:35

Read the following excerpt from Steve Bullock's Oral Argument to the U. S. Supreme Court, Montana vs. Wyoming and North Dakota.

"The Tongue and Powder Rivers are the only significant water supply in a 10,00-square-mile area in Montana and Wyoming, and this Court is being asked to decide whether the compact allows Wyoming to take the return flows that Montana farmers in that area have always relied on or, instead, affords protection to both States."

Use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for Bullock's use of compact.

A. packed together

B. to make firm or stable

C. a small case containing

D. a mirror a formal agreement