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arid
extremely dry; lacking moisture
Synonyms
- dry
- parched
Antonyms
- wet
- lush
arid in a sentence
The arid land stretched for miles without a single tree.
The valley's arid soil cracked into hexagons under the noon sun.
Where it comes from
From Latin aridus 'dry, parched'
Memory hook
ARID rhymes with PARCHED — both mean bone-dry.
Read it in context
- Gardens Beneath the Forest Nature