ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsBbarren
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barren
Meaning: lacking vegetation or the ability to produce crops
barren in a sentence
How barren is used in real sentences:
Nothing grew across the barren stretch of desert for over a hundred miles.
Explorers described the plateau as barren, with no trees, rivers, or wildlife anywhere in sight.
“At first, she expected the barren hillsides to keep harvests small and commerce weak.”
— from the passage The Thursday Exchange
Synonyms for barren
Other words for barren — desolate — carry the same meaning.
- desolate
Antonyms of barren
Words that mean the opposite of barren:
- fertile
- fruitful
- lush
Where it comes from
From Old French baraigne 'sterile, unfruitful'
Memory hook
BARREN sounds like bare — a bare land with nothing growing on it.