Vocab Flashcards

(35 cards)

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a very strong wind

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A gale

the climate is cold , there is a strong gale

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a very strong storm with huge winds

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A hurricane

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Thunderstorm

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a storm with thunder and lightning and sometimes with heavy rain

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Chilly

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a cold weather

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Frost

when I woke up , I found the land covered with the frost , it is very cold

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a thin, white layer of ice that forms on very cold surfaces

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Sleet

Rain becomes sleet

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a mixture between rain and ice

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Slush

In the city the clean white snow had turned to grey slush.

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Melt dirty ice

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Blizzard

there was a severe blizzard of ice

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a strong wind with huge ice

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Snowdrift

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a snow formed by the wind

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thaw ( v)

Allow the meat to thaw before cooking it.

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to melt and to change to liquid

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Stifling ( adj)

I can’t bear this stifling humidity

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very hot so you cant breathe

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Sweat \swet\ \n\ & \v\

she wiped the sweat from her face

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the liquid on your body when you are hot

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Scorching / adj/

A very hot and scorching july day

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very hot

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Mild /maɪld/

the weather is cute and mild

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not severe and strong

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Hangover /n/
Hungover /adj/
I had a terrible hangover the next morning due to drinking alcohol

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a feeling of illness after drinking too much alcohol

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Mean /adj/
1- you were mean to me
2- he is mean , so he never buy anything

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1- not kind

2- never spend money

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Congeal /adj/

The blood had congealed in thick black clots.

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to change from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state

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Acquaintance

I was meeting one of my acquaintance

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someone you have met, but do not know well

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to Address /v/

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to speak about smt

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Conduct /n/ /kənˈdʌkt/

Your conduct is not good

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a way that someone behave

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Conduct /v/ /kənˈdʌkt/

my daddy conducted the orchestra

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to lead or guide

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Console /v/

I tried to console her, but she just kept crying.

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to make someone who is sad feel better

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Entranced /adj/

I was entranced by his singing voice

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If you are entranced by someone or something that is very interesting or beautiful, you cannot stop watching him, her, or it

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Vague /adj/
Vaguely /adv/
They had only a vague idea where the place was.

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Instantaneously /adv/ | the image of the explosion instantaneously sent to the whole world
immediately
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Fierce /adj/ | a fierce dog
Violent and angry
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Competitor /n/ | you had a fierce competitor
someone who is trying to win the competition
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Discipline /n/ | There should be better discipline in schools.
the action of controlling people’s behavior using rules and punishments
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Capacity /n/ | The restaurant has a capacity of about 200 people
the largest amount that a container or building can hold
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Capable /adj/ | Annie is very capable as a researcher.
able to do something
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Unattached /adj/ | I have no partner so , I am unattached
single , no partner
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Declare /v/ | the president declared his candidacy
to announce about smt
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Candidacy /n/ | the president had announced his candidacy
being candidate
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Sacrifice /n/ | the god demands sacrifices from Muslims
something good that you must stop having in order to achieve something
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Prevailing /n/ | The center-right party prevailed over the Socialists in the latest elections.
to win over some one