CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 19

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Here you will learn some English words about weather, such as "meteorology", "torrent", "baking", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
meteorologynoun

a field of science that deals with the earth's atmosphere, particularly weather forecasting

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to clear upverb

(of weather) to become better or fine

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to drift
to driftverb

to slowly move in the air or on water

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changeabilitynoun

the likeliness or quality of changing suddenly and frequently

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visibilitynoun

the distance that is possible or clear for one to see, particularly because of the weather conditions

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to soakverb

to make someone or something extremely wet

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downpour
downpournoun

a brief heavy rainfall

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frontnoun

(of weather) the point where two air masses of different temperatures meet

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gale
galenoun

a very powerful wind

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puddlenoun

a small pool of water or other liquid, particularly rainwater

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snowdriftnoun

a mass of deep snow piled up by the wind

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torrent
torrentnoun

a powerful stream of water or other liquid that moves very fast

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vapornoun

extremely small drops of liquid in the air, resulted from the heating of the liquid

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thundercloudnoun

a very large dark cloud that produces thunder and lightning

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whirlwind
whirlwindnoun

a very strong wind that spins and moves quickly, damaging everything in its path

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cloudburst
cloudburstnoun

a sudden and heavy rainfall

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baking
bakingadjective

very hot

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breezyadjective

windy in a pleasant way

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climaticadjective

related to the weather of a specific area

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denseadjective

compacted in a way that makes it hard to see through

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dull
dulladjective

(of weather) cloudy

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extreme
extremeadjective

very high in intensity or degree

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favorableadjective

(of winds) blowing toward one's direction

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gloomy
gloomyadjective

(of weather) dark in a way that is depressing

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gloriousadjective

(of weather) hot and sunny

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misty
mistyadjective

covered with mist

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temperateadjective

(of a region or climate) having a temperature that is never very cold or very hot

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unpredictableadjective

unable to be predicted because of changing many times

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atmospheric pressurenoun

the force exerted on the surface of the earth that is a result of the weight of the atmosphere

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overhead
overheadadverb

above one's head or in the sky

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scorching
scorchingadjective

(of weather or temperature) really hot

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hazy
hazyadjective

(of air) difficult to see through because of heat, mist, or dust

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thunderclapnoun

one single sound heard when thunder strikes

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to thaw
to thawverb

to become softer or liquid

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scorching hotphrase

(of temperature or weather) extremely high in degree

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freezing coldphrase

having an extremely low temperature

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