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Unit (9) Climate Change (Vocabularies)
Unit (9) Climate Change (Vocabularies)
Antonyms:
generalist, unskilled
Scientific Conforming with (n) systematic, methodical,
the principles or organized
methods used in Scientist (n)
Science Antonyms:
Scientific (adj) random, artistic, messy,
unscientific,
unsystematic
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• Climatologists work with computer models,
constantly adding new information to study the
long-term changes in the atmosphere.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Water vapour Water a (n) uncover, show, brighten,
vapourous form clear up, reality
especially when
below boiling Vapourate (v) Antonyms:
temperature and spray
diffused (as in the
atmosphere)
Greenhouse A gas that carbon, emission,
gases contributes to the contaminant, effluent
greenhouse effect -
by absorbing Antonyms:
infrared radiation chill, cold, cool, coolness
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• This water vapour forms as clouds in the sky.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Invention The action of (n) device, opus, genius,
inventing Invent(v) gizmo
something, Inventor(n)
typically a Inventing (adj) Antonyms:
process or device Inventive(adj) reality, truth, steal
Inventively (adv)
Fossil fuels A natural fuel hydrocarbon deposit,
such as coal or nonrenewable energy,
gas, formed in nonrenewable fuel
the geological source
past from the -
remains of living Antonyms:
organisms hire, leaded gasoline
unleaded gasoline,
chromatic
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• The world changed rapidly after the
invention of the phone.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Produce Agricultural (v) beget, breed, bring,
products and bring about, bring on,
especially fresh catalyze,
fruits and Producer (n) cause, create
vegetables as Production (n)
distinguished Productive (adj) Antonyms:
from grain and Productively destroy, break, quell,
other staple crops (adv) quash, not produce, die
off, exsect
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• Her remarks produced an awkward silence.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Ocean A very large blue, brine, deep,
expanse of sea, Neptune, sea, seven
in particular each seas
of the main areas -
into which the Antonyms:
sea is divided land, lack, dry land,
geographically fresh water
Car A four-wheeled motor vehicle
road vehicle that
is powered by an Antonyms:
engine and is - boredom, dislike, idle,
able to carry a inaction
small number of
people
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.These mysterious creatures live
at the bottom of the ocean.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Atmosphere The envelope of (n) air, area
gases
surrounding the Atmospheric (adj) Antonyms:
earth or another Atmospherically despair, pain, fear
planet (adv)
Glacier A slowly moving (n) iceberg, ice, ice field
mass or near the
poles Glaciate (v) Antonyms:
Glacial (adj) heated, hot, warm,
Glacially(adv) friendly
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• The atmosphere of earth is layer of
gases and commonly known as air.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Climate The weather (n) clime, weather,
conditions environment
prevailing in car Climatic (adj)
area in general Climatically (adv) Antonyms:
void, blankness, nullity
Climatic Reloading to (adj) atmosphere,
climate meteorological
Climate (n)
Climatically (adv) Antonyms:
down-to earth
grounded
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• Climate is the overage weather in a
place over many years.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Undesirable Not wanted or (adj) distasteful, objectionable
unpleasant
Undesirable (adv) Antonyms:
Desire(v) requested, solicited,
Desire (n) invited, welcome
Measure Assess the (v) evaluate, appraise,
importance assess
effects or value of Measures (n)
(something) Measurement (n) Antonyms:
Measurable (adj) criticize, increase,
unlikeliness, valuate
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• Acid rain is one of undesirable
results of raising the earth’s
temperature.
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Word Defination Word Family Synonyms
Severe Of something bad (adj) harsh, relentless, serious,
or undesirable strict, stringent, acute
very great intense Sever (v)
Severity (n) Antonyms:
Severely (adv) noncritical, frivolity,
frivolous, playful
Intensity The quality of (n) power, powerfulness,
being intense potency, vigor, force,
Intensely (adv) forcefulness
Intense (adj)
Antonyms:
calm, calmness, ease,
happiness, inactivity
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• Severe phenomenons will happen over
the world because of global warming.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Government The group of (n) administration,
people with the executive, regime,
authority to Govern (v) authority
govern a country Governmental
or state a (adj) Antonyms:
particular ministry Governmentally perfection, inactivity,
in office (adv) union, system
Emission The production (n) discharge, effluence,
and dischange of emanation
something emit (v)
especially go or Emissive (adj) Antonyms:
radiation Emissivity (n) concealment,
containment, refrain
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• Goverments of all countries are creating the
way which can reduce emissions of
greenhouse gaes to the air.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Feasible Passible to do (adj) available, practicable,
easily or achievable, attainable,
conveniently Feasibility (n) suitable, fit
Antonyms:
disadvantageous,
implausible, unfeasible
Responsible Having can (adj) accountable, amenable,
obligation to do answerable, liable.
something Responsibly (adv) Antonyms:
Responsibilize (v) unreliability,
Responsibility (n) undependability,
irresponsibility,
irresponsible
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• All people can use electrical things without burning
fossil fuel. To illustrate, feasible ways as solar, wind
power.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Simply In a (adv.) just, merely, only, easily,
straightforward or solely
plain manner Simple(adj.)
Antonyms:
difficultly, incompletely,
indefinitely
Understand Perceive the (v) appreciate, comprehend,
intended meaning grasp, know
of (words, a understandable(a
language, or a dj.) Antonyms:
speaker) misunderstand
understandably(a
dv.)
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• Right now, I simply want to be
alone.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Refer Mention or allude (v) appertain, apply, bear,
to pertain
referral(n)
Antonyms:
referentially(adv.) ignore, insert, neglect,
remove
Entire Whole or (adj.) whole, complete, total
complete, without
nothing lacking, entirely(adv.) Antonyms:
or continuous, flawed, imperfect
without entirety(n) incomplete
interruption
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• He referred his patient to a specialist.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Specific Relation to one (adj.) particular, certain, fixed
thing and others
specifics(n) Antonyms:
ambiguous, careless,
specifically(adv.) common
specificity(n)
Survive Continue to live (v) continue, remain, keep
or exist, on
especially in spite survival(n)
of danger or Antonyms:
hardship surviving(adj.) cease, decease, decline
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• It's easy to identify specific
crimes and follow them up.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Rising Move from a (v) arise, derive, emanate
lower position to
a higher one rise(n) Antonyms:
descending, falling,
down
Increasing Becoming greater (v) grow, become greater,
in size, amount, enlarge
or degree increase(n)
Antonyms:
decrease, abate,
contract
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• His voice was rising.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Phenomenon A fact or situation (n) occurrence, event,
that is observed happening
to exist or Phenomenal (adj)
happen, Phenomenally Antonyms:
especially one (adv) usualness, normality,
whose cause or regularity
explanation is in
question.
Stand Have or maintain (v) attitude, stance, point of
an upright view
position, stand(n) Antonyms:
supported by sit, lie
one's feet.
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• A rainbow is a natural phenomenon.
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Word Definition Word Family Synonyms
Earth The planet on (n) world, globe, planet
which we live; the
world earth(v) Antonyms:
azure, celestial sphere,
burn(v) Antonyms:
extinguished
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• The earth is round.
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