Voca words about winter weather

My first experience of real winter weather was when I went to Northern Canada. I was used to the kind of snow that falls back home, which quickly turns to brown _(1)_  with all the people walking in it. In fact, most of the time I was growing up, it didn't really snow at all - it was mostly _(2)_  . Otherwise, our winters meant a little bit of white _(3)_  in my garden and occasionally having to drive very carefully on icy roads early in the morning. I had never experienced the _(4)_  and _(5)_  that can paralyze a whole city in less than an hour and close roads completely. However, when the earth finally _(6)_  thaws and all the snow _(7)_  away in spring, everything comes to life again and looks more beautiful than ever.


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1. slush
2. sleet
3. frost
4. blizzards
5. snowdrifts
6. thaws
7. melts