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Spell Bee Word: barren


Basic Details

Word: Barren

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Barren land is too dry or poor for plants to grow. A barren tree gives no fruit.

Synonyms: infertile, bare, desolate

Antonyms: fertile, lush, fruitful

Sounds like: baron (a nobleman of low rank)

How to Spell Barren

Syllables: bar - ren

Tricky part: The r is doubled and the ending is en, not an or on. Baron, with one r and on, is a different word.

Watch out for: baren, barran, barrin

Memory tip: Start with bar, double the r, and end with en as in garden. A barren garden grows nothing.

Usage Examples

Example 1: After years without rain, the fields around the village were barren.

Example 2: The rocky hillside looked barren except for a few thorny bushes.

Example 3: Farmers worked hard to turn the barren land into a green orchard.

Fun Fact

Ladakh is a cold desert and much of its land looks barren, yet farmers grow barley and apricots in its river valleys.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: barren

a) desolate
b) fertile
c) infertile
d) bare

Show answer

b) fertile. Barren land grows nothing; fertile land grows crops well.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) drout
b) plateu
c) barren
d) wildernes

Show answer

c) barren. Wilderness ends in a double s, drought has gh, and plateau ends in eau.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rnerab

a) barren
b) banner
c) barrel
d) baron

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a) barren. Banner has two n's, barrel has an l and baron is too short, so the letters make barren.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the land most likely to be barren?

a) a fruit orchard
b) a thick forest
c) a rice field in the monsoon
d) a rocky desert

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d) a rocky desert

2. A barren tree is one that ____.

a) bears no fruit
b) grows by a river
c) is very tall
d) has red leaves

Show answer

a) bears no fruit

Associated Words

pathologysuffocatedisconnectdearthspiritual
dismantleethnicathleticroundaboutprogressive

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