adj .
very dry ; lacking life, interest, or imagination 메마른 ; 생명이나 흥미, 상상력 등이 부족한

• Arid Extra Dry is a good trade name for an antiperspirant. The purpose of an antiperspirant is to keep your armpits _____.
  Arid Extra Dry (강력 건조) 는 제한제에 아주 적합한 상표명이다. 제한제의 목적은 겨드랑이를 건조하게 해주는 것이다.
• When the loggers had finished, what had once been a lush forest was now an _____ wasteland.
  벌목이 끝나자, 한때 울창한 삼림이었던 곳이 이제는 생명력이 없는 황무지로 변해버렸다.
• The professor was not known for having a sense of humor. His philosophical writings were so _____ that a reader could almost hear the pages crackle as he turned.