1. Noun
The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
2. Noun
Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.
3. Noun
the quality of yielding nothing of value
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
4. Noun
a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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