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Spell Bee Word: Arid


What does arid mean?

Word: Arid

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Arid means very dry because hardly any rain falls, so few plants can grow there. An arid region gets far less rain than it needs.

Synonyms: dry

Antonyms: wet

Word origin: From Latin aridus, 'dry'.

How do you spell arid?

Syllables: ar - id

Tricky part: It ends in id, the same as humid: aried and areid are common slips.

Watch out for: aried, areid

Memory tip: Arid and humid are both weather words, and both end in id.

Arid in a sentence

Example 1: Much of western Rajasthan is arid, and villagers store rainwater in underground tanks.

Example 2: Camels are well suited to life in arid places.

Example 3: Cactus plants keep water in their thick stems to survive arid summers.

Fun Fact

Parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile are so arid that some weather stations there have gone years without recording any rain.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

arid

a) parched
b) moist
c) scorched
d) sun-baked

Show answer

b) moist. Moist soil holds water, the opposite of dry, arid ground.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

arrid

a) i
b) r
c) a
d) d

Show answer

b) r. Arid has just one r, unlike arrive.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) drout
b) mirrage
c) arid
d) plateu

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c) arid. Drought ends in ght, plateau ends in eau, and mirage has a single r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which crop is best suited to arid land?

a) jute, which needs warm, wet soil
b) rice, which grows in flooded fields
c) millet, which needs little water
d) sugarcane, which needs heavy watering

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c) millet, which needs little water

2. Arid can also describe a discussion. An arid discussion is ____.

a) dull, with nothing new in it
b) noisy, with lots of laughter
c) short, with one clear point
d) long, but full of fresh ideas

Show answer

a) dull, with nothing new in it

Associated Words

More Class 6 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ar: arbitrary, arrogant, artery, arbitration

More words from this list

development, feminine, incessant, nerve, quarrelsome, symbiosis, yoke, arrogant

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