Our world

contaminate

• to make substance dirty or harmful by putting something in it

•    to clean substance from harmful chemicals

• to recycle chemical waste

 affect

•   to get access

    

• to influence

• to permit

aftershock

• a stressful situation

   

     

• an idea that was not intended

• a small earthquake  that happens after a larger one

blizzard

   

• a strong wind

• a mild wind

• a severe snowstorm

sleet

   

• half-frozen rain that falls when it is very cold

• a heavy rain

• a drizzle

devastating

   

• highly destructive

• comfortable

• unhappy

gust

   

• a heavy rain

• a short and sudden rush of wind

• a snowstorm

illiteracy

  

• literature for children

• inability to read or write

• ability to read or write

pollute

• to make air, soil or water clean

• to make air, soil or water dirty

• to cut down trees

exhaust fumes

• gases released by a chimney

• gases released by a vehicle

• gases released by a factory