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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Shades of Meaning 5
For miles around us there was nothing but ---- countryside, with not a plant or tree in sight.
A) dry
B) arid
"arid" seems better in the light of the example below, but why is dry not OK if it is not? Can it be because of "nothing"?
Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions. (Longman)
A) dry
B) arid
"arid" seems better in the light of the example below, but why is dry not OK if it is not? Can it be because of "nothing"?
Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions. (Longman)
Top answer
"Arid" would have a feel of desert-like conditions, but "dry" works just as well.
- "Arid" would have a feel of desert-like conditions, but "dry" works just as well.
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"Arid" would have a feel of desert-like conditions, but "dry" works just as well.
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