Vocabulary - Weather

Question 1

Daytime

Answer 1

N.

• during the day; time of the day between sunrise and sunset.
• In Northern Europe, daytime temperatures are often quite mild, even in late autumn.

Question 2

Misty

Answer 2

ADJ.

• with clouds of small drops of water in the air, making it difficult to see things in the distance
• The days are often misty , foggy and damp.
• (of a person’s eyes) full of tears so as to blur the vision
• It was their last night and Ruth turned her misty eyes to Fernando.
• indistinct or dim in outline
• a misty out-of-focus silhouette.
• (of a colour) not bright; soft
• a misty pink

Question 3

Damp

Answer 3

ADJ.

• slightly wet, and not pleasant or comfortable
• Her hair was still damp from the shower | damp November evenings.

Question 4

Frost

Answer 4

N.

• Thin, white layer of ice on ground or other surfaces when the temperature is so cold.
• Soon, winter arrives, with frost , icy roads and severe 6 weather, including heavy snow.

Question 5

Thaw

Answer 5

V.

• Become liquid or soft as a result of warming up
• (without object) The river thawed
• (of weather) It is thawing | it thaws [The weather becomes warmer and causes snow and ice to melt]
• (with object) European exporters simply thawed their beef before unloading.

Question 6

Tropical

Answer 6

ADJ.

• Very hot as in countries near the Equator
• In a tropical climate, the weather is often stifling, muggy and humid

Question 7

Stifling

Answer 7

ADJ.

• (of air and weather) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing, suffocating
• In a tropical climate, the weather is often stifling, muggy and humid

Question 8

Muggy

Answer 8

ADJ.

• Very warm and a little damp
• In a tropical climate, the weather is often stifling, muggy and humid

Question 9

Humid

Answer 9

ADJ.

• hot and damp, makes you sweat a lot
• In a tropical climate, the weather is often stifling, muggy and humid

Question 10

Boiling

Answer 10

ADJ.

• Extremely Hot
• In other hot climates, there may be boiling hot days, and heatwaves may be common.

Question 11

Heatwave

Answer 11

N.

• Very Hot, dry period
• In other hot climates, there may be boiling hot days, and heatwaves may be common.

Question 12

Shower

Answer 12

N.

• Short period of rain
• This rain won’t last long, it’s only a shower

Question 13

Heavy Rain

Answer 13

N.

Shower –> Heavy rain –> Pour down –> Torrential –> Flood

Question 14

Pouring Down (downpour)

Answer 14

V. (N.)

*Shower –> Heavy rain –> Pour down –> Torrential –> Flood

Question 15

Torrential

Answer 15

ADJ.
/tɔːˈren.ʃ(ə)l/

• Used to refer to very heavy rain
• In Malaysia there is usually torrential rain most days

Question 16

Overcast

Answer 16

ADJ.

• (of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of grey cloud; dull; Very clouded
• a chilly, overcast day

N.

• cloud covering a large part of the sky
• the planes found the target obscured by overcast.

V.

• cover with clouds or shade
• the pebbled beach, overcast with the shadows of the high cliffs.

Question 17

Drought

Answer 17

N.

*a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

Question 18

Breeze

Answer 18

N.

• a gentle wind (2-50km/h)
• There was a gentle breeze on the beach, just enough to cool us.
• (informal) a thing that is easy to do or accomplish
• travelling through London was a breeze.

Question 19

Strong or high Wind

Answer 19

breeze –> Strong or high wind –> Gale –> Hurricane

-There was a very strong/high wind and my umbrella blew away.

Question 20

Gale

Answer 20

N.

• A very strong wind (64-74 km/h)
• There was a gale that day, so we didn’t go sailing.

Question 21

Hurricane

Answer 21

N.

• a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean ( more than 118km/h)
• People stayed indoors because there was a hurricane on the way.

Question 22

Weather

Answer 22

N. UNCOUNTABLE noun

-We had bad weather that day [Not “a bad day”]