Arid

a.

1.

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.

Adj.	1.	arid - lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" Synonyms: waterless
	2.	arid - lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo Synonyms: desiccate, desiccated

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