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dilapidated The hotel we stayed in was really dilapidated. a dilapidated old car/shed start learning		old and in poor condition
barren We drove through a barren, rocky landscape start learning		unable to produce plants or fruit; unable to have children or young animals
piqued The scientists were piqued because science and hard work made their colleague wealthy. She felt piqued at being excluded from the meeting. start learning		slightly angry, especially because someone has damaged your feeling of being proud of yourself:
savory savoury a savoury dish/sauce/flavour savoury dumplings/pancakes A pie can be sweet or savoury. If you say that something is not savoury, you mean that it is not pleasant or socially acceptable: That hotel doesn't have a very savoury reputation. start learning		food is salty or spicy and not sweet in tast
pungent the pungent whiff of a goat I sat down to a cup of wonderfully pungent Turkish coffee. start learning		smelling or tasting very strong and sharp:
The back is broken start learning		The worst has gone already
a range of mountains start learning		mountain chain
vary Salary scales vary between states/from state to state/according to state/with each state. The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable. start learning		If things of the same type vary, they are different from each other
year after year start learning		not equal to step by step
to scream at Mrs Brown screamed (= shouted angrily) at Joel for dropping the test-tube. start learning		yell at somebody
wilderness a beautiful mountain wilderness Alaska is the last great wilderness. start learning		an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or had towns
to go kayaking start learning		to * kayaking

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