Word of today: Topic about Weather| Section 05| Vocabulary

Word of today: Topic about Weather| Section 05| Vocabulary
1) muggy /ˈmʌgi/ adjective
: unpleasantly warm and humid
 a muggy day in August
 It's very muggy out today.
 muggy weather

2) overcast /ˈoʊvɚˌkæst/ Brit /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/ adjective
[more overcast; most overcast]
: covered with clouds
 The sky was overcast.
: darkened by clouds
 It was an overcast morning.
 They worked in overcast conditions.

3) pollution /pəˈluːʃən/ noun
[noncount]
1 : the action or process of making land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use
 industrial practices that have caused pollution of the air and water
2 : substances that make land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use
 The tests showed high levels of pollution in the water/air.
 The fish are dying of/from pollution.

4) pour /ˈpoɚ/ verb
1 [+ object] : to cause (something) to flow in a steady stream from or into a container or place
 He carefully poured the water into her glass.
 Pour the sauce over the pasta.
 She poured salt into the palm of her hand and then sprinkled it over the stew.
2 [no object]
a : to rain heavily
 It poured all day.
 It was pouring the whole time we were there.
 (Brit) It is pouring (down) with rain.
b of rain : to come down heavily
 The rain poured down.
 We had to wait for hours in the pouring rain.

5) precipitation /prɪˌsɪpəˈteɪʃən/ noun
1 [noncount] : water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, etc.
 The weather forecast calls for some sort of frozen precipitation tomorrow—either snow or sleet.
 a 50 percent chance of precipitation
2 [count, noncount] technical : the process of separating a solid substance from a liquid
 Minerals are separated from the seawater by precipitation.