desert
/ˈdɛz.ɚt/ noun A2- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
- Any barren place or situation.
Plural deserts
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His pride never deserts him; but with the rich he is liberal-minded, just, sincere, rational, honourable, and, perhaps, agreeable,--allowing something for fortune and figure.”
You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert.
“At the East, not far from here,” said one, “there is a great desert, and none could live to cross it.”
“The North is my home,” said the old lady, “and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz.
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