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arid

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

extremely dry; lacking moisture or interest

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Arid in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing arid in a sentence.

Few plants survive in the arid expanse of the desert.

Synonyms
parchedbarrendry
Antonyms
fertilemoistlush
Common questions

Questions about “arid

Arid (adjective) means extremely dry; lacking moisture or interest
Here is arid used in an example sentence: "Few plants survive in the arid expanse of the desert."
Common synonyms for arid include parched, barren, dry.
Antonyms of arid include fertile, moist, lush.
Arid is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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