ADVANCED VOC.QUIZ WITH ANSWER KEYS:

1. the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth

A: - PERIGEE

2. like twilight; dim

A: - CREPUSCULAR (This is one of those words that really doesn"t sound as if it means what it does, don"t you think? It sounds erky but means something lovely ...It comes from the Latin crepusculum, "twilight," from creper, "dark, obscure")

3. of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope

A: - ANABATIC

4. bright spot sometimes appearing on either side of the sun, often on a luminous ring or halo –

A: PARHELION

5. the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

A: - ADVECTION

6. form of frozen precipitation such as snowflakes, ice pellets

A: - GRAUPEL

7. either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth"s equator and day and night are of equal length

A: - EQUINOX

8. the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage

A: - APOGEE

9. a straight wind without apparent cyclonic tendency, usually accompanied with rain and often destructive –

A: DERECHO

10. of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night

A: - KATABATIC (Read more about why I love this word ...