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Spell Bee Word: humidity


Basic Details

Word: Humidity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The amount of water vapour in the air; the damp, sticky feel of moist air.

Synonyms: moisture, dampness, mugginess

Antonyms: dryness

How to Spell Humidity

Syllables: hu - mid - i - ty

Tricky part: It is humid with ity added, and nothing else. Students sometimes write humidety or double the t.

Watch out for: humidety, humiditty, humadity

Memory tip: Humid + ity: there is an i on each side of the d, hum-i-d-i-ty.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The humidity in Kolkata makes my shirt stick to my back.

Example 2: Bread goes mouldy faster when the humidity is high.

Example 3: The weather app showed eighty per cent humidity this morning.

Fun Fact

Weather reports give relative humidity as a percentage; 100 per cent means the air cannot hold any more water vapour at that temperature.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to make a new word:

humid

a) aty
b) itty
c) ity
d) ety

Show answer

c) ity. Humid joins ity to make the noun humidity.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: humidity

a) moisture
b) wetness
c) dampness
d) dryness

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d) dryness. Dryness is the lack of moisture, so it is the opposite of humidity.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mdiythiu

a) humidity
b) humanity
c) humility
d) timidity

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a) humidity. The letters include a d but no l or n, so the word is humidity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a day of high humidity, you are likely to feel ____.

a) cold and dry
b) frozen
c) light and breezy
d) hot and sticky

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d) hot and sticky

2. Which instrument measures humidity?

a) thermometer
b) speedometer
c) hygrometer
d) barometer

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c) hygrometer

Associated Words

protectionbrightenrefrigeratorevaluatepopularity
hustleemotionalcommuteroommateinnocence

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